installing packages that require a running mysqld

[Michael Tautschnig]

> On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 12:55:06PM +0200, Michael Tautschnig wrote:
> > > Hi all
> > > 
> > > I am trying to install mtop via fai.
> > > The problem is, that the install script tries to create a new user in the
> > > mysql-database which - of course - is not running at the time of installation.
> > > I will file a bugreport against mtop. But I would like to know if there are 
> > > any workarounds since this won't be the only affected package.
> > >
> > 
> > You could write a hook, but it is probably easier to add
> > 
> > $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...

Regards,
Michael