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Description of problem: ======================= # rpm --query --verify mysql-server missing c /var/log/mysqld.log <--- Should not care about this Version-Release number ====================== mysql-server-5.1.52-1.el6_0.1.x86_64
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It's not apparent to me exactly what you think the problem is? mysqld.log is supposed to be marked that way, per advice going back to bug #102190.
Unfortunately, "You are not authorized to access bug #102190" The problem is that you get a package verification warning when the log file is missing - which happens because MySQL may have been configured to log some other file, this is the case on our installations for example. After all, it's just a logfile. Compare with httpd or syslog - No complains on "missing logfiles" here. Best regards, -- David
Well, the file is created by installing the RPM, so the only way you'd get such a message is if you manually removed the file ... and I see nothing particularly wrong with that.
Is this why I sometimes have a file "/var/log/mysqld.log.rpmnew" after a yum update? This file is always empty. Other log files do not do this. The existence of the rpmnew file creates maintenance overhead for me as I need to analyze if any change in a _config_ is required. (In this case it should simply be deleted.)
There is quite good summary of the log files issue at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/Logfiles And since the mysqld log file should be owned by mysql user, the following seems like a best we can do (now used in Fedora): %attr(0640,mysql,mysql) %config %ghost %verify(not md5 size mtime) /var/log/mysqld.log