[Yum] yum breaks mysql

[Michael A. Peters]

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.