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package mysql-server-5.5 5.5.32-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #1209201 reported by Dylan Borg
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This bug affects 12 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
High
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Bug Description

apport showed up

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: mysql-server-5.5 5.5.32-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/proc/version_signature'
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-rc1-custom i686
ApportVersion: 2.12-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Aug 6 15:25:12 2013
DuplicateSignature: package:mysql-server-5.5:5.5.32-0ubuntu2:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-11-11 (635 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
Logs.var.log.daemon.log:

MarkForUpload: True
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqld.safe.syslog.cnf:
 [mysqld_safe]
 syslog
MySQLVarLibDirListing: ['mysql_upgrade_info', 'ib_logfile0', 'ibdata1', 'ib_logfile1', 'performance_schema', 'mysql', 'debian-5.5.flag', 'test', 'debian-5.1.flag']
ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-rc1-custom root=UUID=239a7bf6-c6d6-468d-90fb-5705e76c8def ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: mysql-5.5
Title: package mysql-server-5.5 5.5.32-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-08-04 (2 days ago)

Revision history for this message
Dylan Borg (borgdylan) wrote :
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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eris23 (jdkatz23) wrote :

I'm not sure if my problem is the same, but:

start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.5 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
 mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.5; however:
  Package mysql-server-5.5 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.5
 mysql-server

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eris23 (jdkatz23) wrote :

The patch in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/+bug/1210380/comments/9 worked for me (I must have done something wrong the first time).

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)
Changed in mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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