I do not see any /var/log files in recent 5.6 .deb packages for Ubuntu 13.04:
openxs@ao756:/tmp$ dpkg-deb -c percona-server-server-5.6_5.6.14-rel62.0-483.raring_amd64.deb | grep var drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2013-10-22 11:31 ./var/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2013-10-22 11:31 ./var/run/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2013-10-22 11:31 ./var/run/mysqld/ openxs@ao756:/tmp$ dpkg-deb -c percona-server-server-5.6_5.6.14-rel62.0-483.raring_amd64.deb | grep mysql.err -rw-r--r-- root/root 504352 2013-10-22 11:00 ./usr/share/mysql/errmsg-utf8.txt openxs@ao756:/tmp$
I don't see them in recent 5.1 .deb as well:
openxs@ao756:/tmp$ dpkg-deb -c percona-server-server-5.1_5.1.72-rel14.10-597.raring_amd64.deb | grep mysql.err -rw-r--r-- root/root 416437 2013-10-25 10:45 ./usr/share/mysql/errmsg.txt openxs@ao756:/tmp$ dpkg-deb -c percona-server-server-5.1_5.1.72-rel14.10-597.raring_amd64.deb | grep /var/log openxs@ao756:/tmp$ dpkg-deb -c percona-server-server-5.1_5.1.72-rel14.10-597.raring_amd64.deb | grep /var/run drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2013-10-25 10:44 ./var/run/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2013-10-25 10:44 ./var/run/mysqld/ openxs@ao756:/tmp$
I do not see any /var/log files in recent 5.6 .deb packages for Ubuntu 13.04:
openxs@ao756:/tmp$ dpkg-deb -c percona- server- server- 5.6_5.6. 14-rel62. 0-483.raring_ amd64.deb | grep var server- server- 5.6_5.6. 14-rel62. 0-483.raring_ amd64.deb | grep mysql.err mysql/errmsg- utf8.txt
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2013-10-22 11:31 ./var/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2013-10-22 11:31 ./var/run/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2013-10-22 11:31 ./var/run/mysqld/
openxs@ao756:/tmp$ dpkg-deb -c percona-
-rw-r--r-- root/root 504352 2013-10-22 11:00 ./usr/share/
openxs@ao756:/tmp$
I don't see them in recent 5.1 .deb as well:
openxs@ao756:/tmp$ dpkg-deb -c percona- server- server- 5.1_5.1. 72-rel14. 10-597. raring_ amd64.deb | grep mysql.err mysql/errmsg. txt server- server- 5.1_5.1. 72-rel14. 10-597. raring_ amd64.deb | grep /var/log server- server- 5.1_5.1. 72-rel14. 10-597. raring_ amd64.deb | grep /var/run
-rw-r--r-- root/root 416437 2013-10-25 10:45 ./usr/share/
openxs@ao756:/tmp$ dpkg-deb -c percona-
openxs@ao756:/tmp$ dpkg-deb -c percona-
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2013-10-25 10:44 ./var/run/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2013-10-25 10:44 ./var/run/mysqld/
openxs@ao756:/tmp$