File mysql-logrotate.patch of Package mysql
--- support-files/mysql-log-rotate.sh
+++ support-files/mysql-log-rotate.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@
@bindir@/mysqladmin ping &>/dev/null
then
@bindir@/mysqladmin flush-logs
+ ret=$?
+ if test $ret -ne 0
+ then
+ echo "@sysconfdir@/logrotate.d/mysql failed, probably because" >&2
+ echo "the root acount is protected by password." >&2
+ echo "See comments in @sysconfdir@/logrotate.d/mysql on how to fix this" >&2
+ exit $ret
+ fi
fi
endscript
}