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  1. Bug #708537
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 708537

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James Page (james-page) wrote : Re: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault)

This looks like a installer issue rather than a mysql-server issue:

(from Dmesg.txt)
[ 2768.320060] frontend[8475]: segfault at 4 ip 00007fefbb591237 sp 00007fff6c2f84b0 error 4 in libperl.so.5.10.1[7fefbb4ee000+162000]

(from DpkgTerminalLog)
Setting up mysql-server-5.1 (5.1.41-3ubuntu12.9) ...
mysql start/running, process 8620
Attempt to free unreferenced scalar: SV 0x1f0d438, Perl interpreter: 0x19dd010 during global destruction.
Attempt to free unreferenced scalar: SV 0x1f0d3c0, Perl interpreter: 0x19dd010 during global destruction.
..... and lots more.....

frontend is part of debconf.