/etc/mysql/debian-start is in mysql-server-5.5 5.5.60-0+deb8u1.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o755.
The actual contents of the file can be viewed below.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 | #!/bin/bash
#
# 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.
#
source /usr/share/mysql/debian-start.inc.sh
MYSQL="/usr/bin/mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf"
MYADMIN="/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf"
MYUPGRADE="/usr/bin/mysql_upgrade --defaults-extra-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf"
MYCHECK="/usr/bin/mysqlcheck --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf"
MYCHECK_SUBJECT="WARNING: mysqlcheck has found corrupt tables"
MYCHECK_PARAMS="--all-databases --fast --silent"
MYCHECK_RCPT="root"
# The following commands should be run when the server is up but in background
# where they do not block the server start and in one shell instance so that
# they run sequentially. They are supposed not to echo anything to stdout.
# If you want to disable the check for crashed tables comment
# "check_for_crashed_tables" out.
# (There may be no output to stdout inside the background process!)
echo "Checking for tables which need an upgrade, are corrupt or were "
echo "not closed cleanly."
(
upgrade_system_tables_if_necessary;
check_root_accounts;
check_for_crashed_tables;
) >&2 &
exit 0
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