See also original report:
http://bugs.debian.org/946671

Using mysqlhotcopy, the following error occurs:

DBD::mysql::db do failed: You can't use locks with log tables at
/usr/bin/mysqlhotcopy line 545.

Author:

Paul Szabo psz@maths.usyd.edu.au http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics University of Sydney Australia