installing packages that require a running mysqld

[Steffen Grunewald]

On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 01:17:52PM +0200, Michael Tautschnig wrote:
> > > $ROOTCMD /etc/init.d/mysql start
> >            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > wouldn't that fail (be a no-op) due to the divert of start-stop-daemon?
> 
> AFAIK mysql does not use start-stop-daemon -- but I might have overlooked
> something...

You're right (and my memory failed me again - got to get some more c0ffee)
- so mysql is a bit different. 
Thinking a bit longer about it, it makes some sense to *not* start it 
during the installation...

S.