During the upgrade I accepted the maintainer my.cnf and resulted in mysql not starting.
I reverted to the old my.cnf and the upgrade process finished with succes.
I attached the diff between old and new my.cnf.
# diff -u my.cnf.dpkg-new my.cnf.dpkg-old
--- my.cnf.dpkg-new 2013-03-05 11:01:55.738893959 +0200
+++ my.cnf.dpkg-old 2013-01-15 16:12:43.695754573 +0200
@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@
#general_log_file = /var/log/mysql/mysql.log
#general_log = 1
#
-# Error log - should be very few entries.
-#
-log_error = /var/log/mysql/error.log
+# Error logging goes to syslog due to /etc/mysql/conf.d/mysqld_safe_syslog.cnf.
#
# Here you can see queries with especially long duration
#log_slow_queries = /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log
@@ -96,6 +94,8 @@
# InnoDB is enabled by default with a 10MB datafile in /var/lib/mysql/.
# Read the manual for more InnoDB related options. There are many!
#
+
+innodb_log_file_size=268435456
# * Security Features
#
# Read the manual, too, if you want chroot!
During the upgrade I accepted the maintainer my.cnf and resulted in mysql not starting.
I reverted to the old my.cnf and the upgrade process finished with succes.
I attached the diff between old and new my.cnf.
# diff -u my.cnf.dpkg-new my.cnf.dpkg-old mysql/mysql. log mysql/error. log conf.d/ mysqld_ safe_syslog. cnf. mysql/mysql- slow.log log_file_ size=268435456
--- my.cnf.dpkg-new 2013-03-05 11:01:55.738893959 +0200
+++ my.cnf.dpkg-old 2013-01-15 16:12:43.695754573 +0200
@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@
#general_log_file = /var/log/
#general_log = 1
#
-# Error log - should be very few entries.
-#
-log_error = /var/log/
+# Error logging goes to syslog due to /etc/mysql/
#
# Here you can see queries with especially long duration
#log_slow_queries = /var/log/
@@ -96,6 +94,8 @@
# InnoDB is enabled by default with a 10MB datafile in /var/lib/mysql/.
# Read the manual for more InnoDB related options. There are many!
#
+
+innodb_
# * Security Features
#
# Read the manual, too, if you want chroot!