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mysql-dfsg-5.1 package

package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #575452 reported by macada
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This bug affects 7 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu)
Expired
Low
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Bug Description

user@macada-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.1 --reinstall
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libopenraw1
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/7,007kB of archives.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Preconfiguring packages ...

(Reading database ... 219605 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12 (using .../mysql-server-5.1_5.1.41-3ubuntu12_i386.deb) ...
stop: Job has already been stopped: mysql
stop: Job has already been stopped: mysql
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed.
invoke-rc.d returned 1
There is a MySQL server running, but we failed in our attempts to stop it.
Stop it yourself and try again!
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.1_5.1.41-3ubuntu12_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
AptOrdering:
 mysql-server-5.1: Install
 mysql-server-5.1: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed May 5 00:56:40 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Logs.var.log.kern.log:
 May 2 22:52:39 macada-laptop kernel: [33884.162426] type=1503 audit(1272833559.058:19): operation="open" pid=22146 parent=22145 profile="/usr/sbin/mysqld" requested_mask="r::" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 ouid=0 name="/sys/devices/system/cpu/"
 May 2 23:42:01 macada-laptop kernel: [36846.593957] type=1503 audit(1272836521.491:20): operation="open" pid=4712 parent=4711 profile="/usr/sbin/mysqld" requested_mask="r::" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 ouid=0 name="/sys/devices/system/cpu/"
 May 2 23:42:03 macada-laptop kernel: [36848.667580] type=1503 audit(1272836523.563:21): operation="open" pid=4728 parent=4727 profile="/usr/sbin/mysqld" requested_mask="r::" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 ouid=0 name="/sys/devices/system/cpu/"
 May 2 23:42:04 macada-laptop kernel: [36849.606225] type=1503 audit(1272836524.503:22): operation="open" pid=4786 parent=4785 profile="/usr/sbin/mysqld" requested_mask="r::" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 ouid=0 name="/sys/devices/system/cpu/"
 May 2 23:42:04 macada-laptop kernel: [36849.616813] type=1503 audit(1272836524.511:23): operation="open" pid=4795 parent=4794 profile="/usr/sbin/mysqld" requested_mask="r::" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 ouid=0 name="/sys/devices/system/cpu/"
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqld.safe.syslog.cnf:
 [mysqld_safe]
 syslog
MySQLVarLibDirListing: ['mysql', 'opennemasdemodb', 'wordpress', 'ib_logfile0', 'debian-5.0.flag', 'webdevcronicas', 'xornalcomdb', 'test@002ddb', 'mysql_upgrade_info', 'onmccdb', 'wikidb', 'debian-5.1.flag', 'ib_logfile1', '1m2009', 'ibdata1', 'drupaldb']
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.1
Title: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

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macada (macadanet) wrote :
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Chuck Short (zulcss) wrote :

I havent been able to reproduce this, is there a reason why you are doing a re-install?

Changed in mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Raphael Camus (raphael-camus) wrote :

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.1_5.1.41-3ubuntu12_i386.deb: le sous-processus nouveau script pre-installation a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 1

While upgrading from to Lucid 10.04

The detailed information show that mysql server cannot be stopped, and indeed I got a FAIL when I try sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop

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Neil Wallace (rowinggolfer) wrote :

the issue is, as I understand it, an inifinite loop in an config script. Mysql server cannot be stopped to re-configure the package.

see also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-dfsg-5.1/+bug/

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Neil Wallace (rowinggolfer) wrote :

sorry, I meant this link
https://bugs.launchpad.net/upstart/+bug/551097

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Niels Dimmers (nielsdimmers) wrote :

After some hours of trying, I managed to get to an very nasty work-around for people not needing mysql, but needing apt-get to work. In my apt-get, it hung over the error as the first package, and just wouldn't continue. I couldn't find a way to disable it, but removed mysql with:

sudo dpkg --force-remove-reinstreq --remove mysql-server-5.1

sudo apt-get upgrade hung at some packages of postgresql with a similar error, so I used the same way to remove those. errors with a package called "man-db" dissapeared (and it installed properly).

I have to say tough, that I didn't check if the mysql files were removed completely, this could cause security issues, minor disk space issues, and huge issues when re-installing the packages, but it got my apt-get working again and that's all I'm concerned about. If you're an experienced ubuntu user owning a test server, I ask you to test the severity of the risks of this (temporarily) solution, since I don't have the knowledge to do this, and my server is a part-hobby part production server.

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Raphael Camus (raphael-camus) wrote :

After upgrading to Ubuntu 10.10, I do not have such a problem anymore and mysql is working properly.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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