[Bug 480234] [NEW] package mysql-server-5.0 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

[jlukescott]

Public bug reported:

Steps I took to get this bug:

- fresh install of 9.10 64-bit workstation

- ran apt-get -y update, apt-get -y upgrade, aptitude -y full-upgrade

- restarted the computer

- mounted some custom bind locations (which all had pre-existing database & website files):
/home/etc/apache2 on /etc/apache2 type none (rw,bind)
/home/etc/mysql on /etc/mysql type none (rw,bind)
/home/etc/php5 on /etc/php5 type none (rw,bind)
/home/usr-local-bin on /usr/local/bin type none (rw,bind)
/home/var-cache-apt-9.10-64bit on /var/cache/apt type none (rw,bind)
/home/var-lib-mysql on /var/lib/mysql type none (rw,bind)
/home/www on /var/www type none (rw,bind)

- ran a bulk installation command:
apt-get -y install keepassx prism-google-mail prism-google-calendar apache2 php5-mysql libapache2-mod-php5 mysql-server-5.0 memcached pdftk php-pear php-soap php5-gd php5-xmlrpc php5-mcrypt php5-memcache subversion kdesvn meld

- installation appeared to succeed (including asking for the MySQL root password, which I entered the same as it had been before with 9.04 64-bit)
- the final message I got was:
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.0_5.1.30really5.0.83-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Thanks!
Luke

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 10 11:37:27 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
Package: mysql-server-5.0 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0
Title: package mysql-server-5.0 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

** Affects: mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-package

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package mysql-server-5.0 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
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