[debian-mysql] Bug#687689: mysql-server-core-5.5: Service won't start...

[Manuel Bilderbeek]

Package: mysql-server-core-5.5
Version: 5.5.24+dfsg-7
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

When starting up my Debian PC, I see:

[FAIL] Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed!

syslog says:

Sep 15 09:18:13 sonata /etc/init.d/mysql[5649]: 0 processes alive and '/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ping' resulted in
Sep 15 09:18:13 sonata /etc/init.d/mysql[5649]: /etc/init.d/mysql: line 75: /usr/bin/mysqladmin: No such file or directory
Sep 15 09:18:13 sonata /etc/init.d/mysql[5649]: 

Installed is:

ii  mysql-common                                5.5.24+dfsg-7                      all          MySQL database common files, e.g. /etc/mysql/my.cnf
rc  mysql-server-5.0                            5.0.51a-24+lenny2                  amd64        MySQL database server binaries
ii  mysql-server-core-5.5                       5.5.24+dfsg-7                      amd64        MySQL database server binaries
ii  libmysqlclient18:amd64                      5.5.24+dfsg-7                      amd64        MySQL database client library

Seems that it needs mysqladmin which is in mysql-client-5.5?

I don't need mysql myself, but loads of other packages depend on
mysql-server-core, so I can't remove it. But the init script seems to
use the client package as well, to which it does not have a dependency.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages mysql-server-core-5.5 depends on:
ii  libaio1     0.3.109-3
ii  libc6       2.13-35
ii  libgcc1     1:4.7.1-7
ii  libstdc++6  4.7.1-7
ii  libwrap0    7.6.q-24

mysql-server-core-5.5 recommends no packages.

mysql-server-core-5.5 suggests no packages.

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