Wow! This bug is still alive and kicking - I had all but forgotten about it.
Since it's just over a year since I first reported it, lets see if we can come up with a fix/patch. I know almost nothing about how the apt packages work and even less about configuring syslog but I suspect for the people the do know each of these subjects, the following questions/tasks will probably have pretty short answers. 1.) The mysql-server package needs to be reconfigured to put mysql.err and mysql.log into the empty /var/log/mysql directory. Maybe the actual log files should just be called "error" and "info". 2.) logrotate needs to be updated to find the log files in the new locations. 3.) Syslog needs a configuration file/parameter to log mysql info to /var/log/mysql/mysql.err and /var/log/mysql/mysql.log 4.) Perhaps the default my.cnf file needs updating to suggest that users make use of the /var/log/mysql/ location for any other mysql related logging requirements. -- Default installation does not log to /var/log/mysql.err or mysql.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185139 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to mysql-dfsg-5.0 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
