On 01/24/2005 08:12:42 AM, Ian Kaufman wrote: > This is not a YUM issue per se, but rather how the mysql > RPM was installed. > > Is there a mysqld running right now? Have you rebooted? > The error is usually seen when the old daemon is still > running. Also, the start/stop scripts might have changed > enough that the new script cannot stop the old daemon, or > the old script cannot start the new one. > > I've been through similar issues before. > Yes - that might be it. Packagers of daemons should stop the service of the old version before the new package is installed - even though rpm has the facilities for that, often they don't.
