--- mysql-dfsg-4.0.20.orig/debian/additions/debian-start
+++ mysql-dfsg-4.0.20/debian/additions/debian-start
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# This script is executed by "/etc/init.d/mysql" on every (re)start.
+# 
+# Changes to this file will be preserved when updating the Debian package.
+#
+set -e
+set -u
+
+MYCHECK="/usr/bin/mysqlcheck --defaults-extra-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf"
+MYCHECK_SUBJECT="WARNING: mysqlcheck has found corrupt tables"
+
+# Now, as the server seems to be up, check all unclosed tables.
+# But do it in the background to not stall the boot process.
+echo "Checking for crashed MySQL tables in the background."
+(
+  logger -p daemon.info -i -t$0 "Checking for crashed MySQL tables."
+
+  # Checking for $? is unreliable so the size of the output is checked.
+  tempfile=`tempfile`
+  $MYCHECK --all-databases --fast --silent >$tempfile 2>&1
+  if [ -s $tempfile ]; then
+    cat $tempfile | mailx -e -s"$MYCHECK_SUBJECT" root
+    (echo "$MYCHECK_SUBJECT"; cat $tempfile) | logger -p daemon.warn -i -t$0
+  fi
+  rm $tempfile
+) 
+
+exit 0