[debian-mysql] Bug#537709: Acknowledgement (mysql-server-5.0: During system startup "/etc/init.d/mysql" doesn't create pid and socket)

[Iñaki Baz Castillo]

Some occurs after upgrading to mysql-server-5.0 from backports
repository (5.0.51a-24+lenny1~bpo40+1).
This is what daemon and syslog says:

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Jul 20 17:28:59 myserver mysqld_safe[2508]: started
Jul 20 17:28:59 myserver mysqld[2512]: 090720 17:28:59  InnoDB:
Started; log sequence number 0 43655
Jul 20 17:28:59 myserver mysqld[2512]: 090720 17:28:59 [Note]
/usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections.
Jul 20 17:28:59 myserver mysqld[2512]: Version:
'5.0.51a-24+lenny1~bpo40+1'  socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'
port: 3306  (Debian)
Jul 20 17:29:00 myserver /etc/mysql/debian-start[2551]: Upgrading
MySQL tables if necessary.
Jul 20 17:29:00 myserver /etc/mysql/debian-start[2555]: Looking for
'mysql' in: /usr/bin/mysql
Jul 20 17:29:00 myserver /etc/mysql/debian-start[2555]: Looking for
'mysqlcheck' in: /usr/bin/mysqlcheck
Jul 20 17:29:00 myserver /etc/mysql/debian-start[2555]: This
installation of MySQL is already upgraded to 5.0.51a, use --force if
you still need to run mysql_upgrad
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Jul 20 17:29:00 myserver /etc/mysql/debian-start[2626]: Checking for
insecure root accounts.
Jul 20 17:29:00 myserver /etc/mysql/debian-start[2632]: WARNING:
mysql.user contains 2 root accounts without password!
Jul 20 17:29:00 myserver /etc/mysql/debian-start[2633]: Triggering
myisam-recover for all MyISAM tables
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Now /var/run/mysqld is empty.