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cc7gir

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Registered: 2011-10-02

Posts: 3

mysql: /usr/bin/mysqld-post exists in filesystem

Upgrading mysql gives the error in the title;

"mysql: /usr/bin/mysqld-post exists in filesystem"

What is the proper way to upgrade?
I'll move mysqld-post to mysqld-post-old for now.
There was nothing about this on the front page.

If this question has already been answered, please link me to it.

Thanks

EDIT: moving/deleting mysqld-post works.

Last edited by cc7gir (2012-08-20 18:12:45)

loafer

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From: the pub

Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 1,772

Re: mysql: /usr/bin/mysqld-post exists in filesystem

Same thing happened to me.  You probably created mysqld-post manually previously.

$ pacman -Qo /usr/bin/mysqld-post
/usr/bin/mysqld-post is owned by mysql 5.5.27-3
$  pacman -Ql mysql |grep mysqld-post
mysql /usr/bin/mysqld-post

Before the upgrade mysqld-post wasn't owned by any package.

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JohnnyDeacon

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From: Colombia

Registered: 2012-01-18

Posts: 81

Re: mysql: /usr/bin/mysqld-post exists in filesystem

Same thing it's happening to me right now, and I don't have mysqld-post installed.

65kid

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From: Germany

Registered: 2011-01-26

Posts: 663

Re: mysql: /usr/bin/mysqld-post exists in filesystem

the mysql service file and mysql-post script from the Systemd/Services wiki page have been moved to the package and you created them manually before, that's why you get this error. The wiki probably shouldn't have suggested to install this to /usr/bin/ but to /usr/local/bin instead...

you can and should delete the following:

/usr/bin/mysqld-post
/etc/tmpfiles.d/mysqld.conf
/etc/systemd/system/mysqld.service

then (re-)install the mysql package.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?ti … did=218322

Last edited by 65kid (2012-08-21 13:33:51)

JohnnyDeacon

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From: Colombia

Registered: 2012-01-18

Posts: 81

Re: mysql: /usr/bin/mysqld-post exists in filesystem

the mysql service file and mysql-post script from the Systemd/Services wiki page have been moved to the package and you created them manually before, that's why you get this error. The wiki probably shouldn't have suggested to install this to /usr/bin/ but to /usr/local/bin instead...

you can and should delete the following:

/usr/bin/mysqld-post
/etc/tmpfiles.d/mysqld.conf
/etc/systemd/system/mysqld.service

then (re-)install the mysql package.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?ti … did=218322

Thanks, that solved my problem.