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Re: help with packaging (preinst scripts)



On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 02:54:44PM +0200, David Cho-Lerat wrote:
> 
> 3. add/edit some MySQL tables without knowing the MySQL root password
> 
> I've fooled around with Expect for 1. and 2., and tried
> mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables for 3., but I feel
> lame (and I have to have my preinst script stop/start the
> MySQL server during install) ..

You don't do this.

The database server might be on a different machine.  So a requirement
for a local database, or any attempt to alter a local instance of
MySQL, is doomed to failure.  Please don't do this.


Roger

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