--- mysql-dfsg-4.0.20.orig/debian/mysql-server.init
+++ mysql-dfsg-4.0.20/debian/mysql-server.init
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# MySQL daemon start/stop script.
+#
+# Debian version. Based on the original by TcX.
+#
+set -e
+set -u
+${DEBIAN_SCRIPT_DEBUG:+ set -v -x}
+
+test -x /usr/sbin/mysqld || exit 0
+
+SELF=$(cd $(dirname $0); pwd -P)/$(basename $0)
+CONF=/etc/mysql/my.cnf
+MYADMIN="/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-extra-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf"
+
+# priority can be overriden and "-s" adds output to stderr
+ERR_LOGGER="logger -p daemon.err -t /etc/init.d/mysql -i"
+
+# Safeguard (relative paths, core dumps..)
+cd /
+umask 077
+export PATH=/bin:/usr/bin
+
+# mysqladmin likes to read /root/.my.cnf. This is usually not what I want
+# as many admins e.g. only store a password without a username there and
+# so break my scripts.
+export HOME=/etc/mysql/
+
+
+# "if" considers exit(0) as true so we can just pass mysqladmins exit code here.
+# If mysqladmin does not exist the return code will be silently set to !0, too.
+is_mysqld_alive () {
+    s=`$MYADMIN ping 2>&1`; rc=$?
+    if [ $rc != 0 ]; then
+       echo "'$MYADMIN ping' resulted in" | $ERR_LOGGER -p daemon.debug
+       echo "$s" | $ERR_LOGGER -p daemon.debug
+    fi
+    return $rc
+}
+
+case "${1:-''}" in
+  'start')
+	# check for config file
+	if [ ! -r /etc/mysql/my.cnf ]; then
+	  echo "WARNING: /etc/mysql/my.cnf cannot be read. See README.Debian."
+        fi 
+	# Start daemon
+	echo -n "Starting MySQL database server: mysqld"	
+	/usr/bin/mysqld_safe > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+	for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6; do
+          sleep 1
+	  if is_mysqld_alive; then break; fi
+        done
+	if is_mysqld_alive; then
+          echo "."
+	  # Now start mysqlcheck or whatever the admin wants.
+	  /etc/mysql/debian-start
+	else
+	  echo "...failed."
+	  /bin/echo -e "\tPlease take a look at the syslog."
+	fi
+	;;
+
+  'stop')
+	# * As a passwordless mysqladmin (e.g. via ~/.my.cnf) must be possible
+	# at least for cron, we can rely on it here, too. (although we have 
+	# to specify it explicit as e.g. sudo environments points to the normal
+	# users home and not /root)
+	echo -n "Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld"	
+	if is_mysqld_alive; then
+	  set +e
+	  $MYADMIN shutdown
+	  r=$?
+	  set -e
+	  if [ "$r" -ne 0 ]; then
+	    echo "...failed"
+	    echo -n "Killing MySQL database server by signal: mysqld"
+	    killall -15 mysqld
+            server_down=
+	    for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
+              sleep 1
+              if is_mysqld_alive; then : ; else server_down=1; break; fi
+            done
+            if -z "$server_down"; then killall -9 mysqld; fi
+	  fi
+        fi
+
+        if is_mysqld_alive; then
+	  echo "...failed."
+	  echo "Please stop the daemon yourself!"
+	  exit -1
+	else
+	  echo "."
+        fi
+	;;
+
+  'restart')
+	set +e; $SELF stop; set -e
+	$SELF start 
+	;;
+
+  'reload'|'force-reload')
+  	echo -n "Reloading MySQL database server: mysqld"
+	$MYADMIN reload
+	echo "."
+	;;
+
+  'status')
+	$MYADMIN version
+  	;;
+
+  *)
+	echo "Usage: $SELF start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload"
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac
+