On 2007-04-09 Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 01:28:18PM +0200, Christian Hammers wrote: > > What I feared was the upgrade process itself. I guess that mysql and the > > new 2.6 kernel will get installed in the same "apt-get dist-upgrade" run > > and thus if mysql-server-5.0 hangs and the user presses ctrl-c he is left > > with a half broken system. > > Well what does mysql_install_db do exactly?
It checks and installs MySQL's system tables in the "mysql" database and adds new privileges etc. Basically it just starts /usr/sbin/mysqld in a kind of "single user mode" and pipes an SQL file into it. bye, -christian-
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