Ubuntu
mysql-dfsg-5.0 package

Post-installation script error reinstalling mysql

Bug #262244 reported by João Pinto
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: mysql-server-5.0

How to reproduce the problem:
Remove mysql-server with:
sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server-5
sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql
sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.0
After this operation, 86.1MB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.0.
(Reading database ... 165059 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mysql-server-5.0 (from .../mysql-server-5.0_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1) ...
 * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld [ OK ]
/var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.0.postinst: line 143: /etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.0
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Revision history for this message
Chuck Short (zulcss) wrote :

What happens when you uninstall mysql-common and mysql-server?

Regards
chuck

Changed in mysql-dfsg-5.0:
status: New → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
João Pinto (joaopinto) wrote :

There is no problem during the removal of those packages. However if I don't remove mysql-common when installing mysql-server. I get the previously posted error.

Changed in mysql-dfsg-5.0:
status: Incomplete → New
Revision history for this message
Chuck Short (zulcss) wrote :

Thats because the configuration files are located in mysql-common.

Changed in mysql-dfsg-5.0:
status: New → Won't Fix
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