[Bug 879560] Re: Logrotate conf file for mysql-server and my.cnf disagree

[Clint Byrum]

Ok, this bug was introduced in mysql-dfsg-5.1 version 5.1.37-1ubuntu6,
this changelog entry:

  * debian/additions/my.cnf:
    - Remove pid declaration
    - Set up error logging to /var/log/mysql since we're not piping
      anything around logger anymore.

The old init script piped mysql's stderr to syslog with

ERR_LOGGER="logger -p daemon.err -t /etc/init.d/mysql -i"

This should have included an addition to mysql-server-5.1.mysql-
server.logrotate to add this new error log, but it did not.

I've confirmed it still exists in the latest version of the mysql-5.1
package. Marking as Triaged, as this is an Ubuntu-specific issue and
does not need any further forwarding. Setting importance to Medium, as
mysql actually doesn't print many errors unless it is *extremely*
broken, otherwise we might have heard about this sooner (this change is
just under 2 years old and has been in the wild since 10.04 was released
18 months ago.)

Because this is a small, clear change, I will also nominate it for SRU
to lucid.

** Changed in: mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Also affects: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu Lucid)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu Lucid)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu Maverick)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu Maverick)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu Oneiric)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu Oneiric)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu Natty)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu Natty)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu Lucid)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu Lucid)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu Lucid)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Tags added: bitesize

** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu Maverick)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu Natty)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu Oneiric)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Changed in: mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu Maverick)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

** Changed in: mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu Natty)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

** Changed in: mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu Oneiric)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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