MySQL

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 10/17/06, Johan Boshoff <jboshoff at rpc.co.za> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Something weirdd happened with my MySQL installation.  I removed the whole
> mysql package with yum (yum remove mysql*), but it gives the following
> when trying to remove mysql-server:
>
> yum remove mysql-server
> Repository base is listed more than once in the configuration
> Setting up Remove Process
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package mysql-server.i386 0:4.1.20-1.FC4.1 set to be erased
> --> Running transaction check
>
> Dependencies Resolved
>
> =============================================================================
>  Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
> =============================================================================
> Removing:
>  mysql-server            i386       4.1.20-1.FC4.1   installed          22 M
>
> Transaction Summary
> =============================================================================
> Install      0 Package(s)
> Update       0 Package(s)
> Remove       1 Package(s)
> Total download size: 0
> Is this ok [y/N]: y
> Downloading Packages:
> Running Transaction Test
> Finished Transaction Test
> Transaction Test Succeeded
> Running Transaction
> error reading information on service mysqld: No such file or directory
> error: %preun(mysql-server-4.1.20-1.FC4.1.i386) scriptlet failed, exit
> status 1
>
> Removed: mysql-server.i386 0:4.1.20-1.FC4.1
> Complete!
>

This seems to suggest that mysql-server did get removed. Do you have
any evidence to the contrary?

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