MySQL fails to start because of missing mysql.plugin table (1 reply)

Hello,

I have a web server running on Debian, I just did an update from Lenny to Squeeze and since then MySQL won't start.

Here is what happens when I try to run it (this is the output of `sudo /usr/sbin/mysqld` since the startup script in /etc/init.d redirect the output to /dev/null. I know it writes to syslog but it's exactly the same output) :

100905  1:21:29 [Warning] '--default-character-set' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use '--character-set-server' instead.
100905  1:21:29 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Table 'mysql.plugin' doesn't exist
100905  1:21:29 [ERROR] Can't open the mysql.plugin table. Please run mysql_upgrade to create it.
100905  1:21:29  InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 44044
100905  1:21:29 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: unknown option '--skip-bdb'
100905  1:21:29 [ERROR] Aborting

100905  1:21:29  InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
100905  1:21:34  InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 0 44044
100905  1:21:34 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete

I don't know where the --skip-bdb option comes from, I grep'ed it in the various script that mysql provide and didn't find even a single occurence of it.

Also I tried to run mysql_upgrade as suggested but, as expected, it needs to have the mysql server running...

If anyone could help me I would be really grateful!
Thanks :-).

EDIT: of course I forget one of the most important info... It's "mysqld Ver 5.1.49-1 for debian-linux-gnu on i486" from the mysql-server-5.1 debian package.