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mysql-dfsg-5.1 package

  1. Bug #551130
  2. Comment #1

Comment 1 for bug 551130

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Mathias Gug (mathiaz) wrote : Re: infinite loop in /etc/init/mysql.conf if mysqld is not running.

The skip-bdb option is no longer supported in mysql 5.1.

Was the original hardy my.cnf file modified before the upgrade? If so dpkg should have prompted you to review the changes between between the locally modified hardy version and the new maintainer lucid version of my.cnf.