Bug#172123: libc6: mysql should be restarted on upgrade

[GOTO Masanori <gotom@debian.or.jp>]

At Thu, 19 Dec 2002 11:20:17 +0100,
Walter Hofmann wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, GOTO Masanori wrote:
> 
> > At Sat, 07 Dec 2002 15:58:39 +0100,
> > root wrote:
> > > The mysql server failed after I upgraded from libc6 2.2.
> > > Restarting it solved the problem.
> > 
> > What do you mean 'failed'?
> > Is the network service of MySQL caused something in trouble?
> 
> I have a PHP script on the server which accesses a MySQL database. The
> script didn't work after the upgrade. The error message it gave said
> that it couldn't connect to the MySQL server. I don't remember the
> actual text of the error message.

OK... I think it's glibc NSS upgrading problem.

> > How to restart?
> 
> I used "/etc/init.d/mysql restart" to restart it. Afterwards my PHP 
> script worked again.

I don't know it's OK to restart mysql server during woody -> sid
upgrade... If we can safely restart mysql everytime, we easily add
such code in glibc postinst script. Please test "/etc/init.d/mysql
restart" again, and tell us your MySQL/PHP system is still working or
not.

Regards,
-- gotom