[Bug 484426] [NEW] package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.37-1ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127

[Nancy Poekert]

Public bug reported:

This failed to update because I stupidly deleted the folder
/etc/init.d/mysql.  Now apt-get remove, purge and install all fail
because the files are not there.  I wanted to purge mysql-server and
reinstall it from scratch.  Now I really can't do anything because I
don't have the files that I deleted.

BTW - The reason I wanted to purge mysql in the first place is because I
couldn't get it to work because of a lot of privilege related problems
so I decided to start from scratch using the mysql 5.1 reference manual.
There are a lot of people with these issues.  It would be great if they
could be automatically resolved during installation.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 17 13:06:07 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.my.cnf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/mysql/my.cnf'
MySQLVarLibDirListing: ['bedroom-desktop.err-old', 'plugin.frm', 'bedroom-desktop.pid', 'ib_logfile0', 'debian-5.1.flag', 'bedroom-desktop.err', 'ibdata1', 'mysql_upgrade_info', 'mysql', 'debian-5.0.flag', 'ib_logfile1']
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: mysql-server-5.1 5.1.37-1ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.1
Title: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.37-1ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
modified.conffile..etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqld.safe.syslog.cnf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.mysql.debian.start: [deleted]

** Affects: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-package

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package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.37-1ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
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