[Bug 580375] Re: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. cant stop mysql server to reinstall it

[Xeno Campanoli]

Here is some stuff from my experience:


# ps auxw | grep dpkg
root      5823  0.0  0.0   3320   804 pts/2    S+   13:08   0:00 grep --color=auto dpkg
root     14257  0.0  0.2  13804 11232 pts/0    Ss+  13:01   0:00 /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 20 --force-depends --force-remove-essential --remove libhtml-template-perl mysql-server-5.1 mysql-server-core-5.1
root     14335  0.0  0.1  10212  6988 pts/0    S+   13:01   0:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.1.prerm remove
root     14363  0.0  0.0   4236  1360 pts/0    S+   13:01   0:00 /bin/bash -e /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.1.prerm remove

Just freezes, and stays in memory forever.  Same thing in the case of
the install.  I cannot get removed, nor installed.


** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed

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package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should  reinstall it before attempting a removal. cant stop mysql server to reinstall it
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