[Bug 666383] Re: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6 failed to install/upgrade: [SRU] infinite loop in /etc/init/mysql.conf if mysqld is not running

[IAmDaveMyers]

Upon further investigation I get the impression that my problem is
similar to this one...

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-dfsg-5.1/+bug/551130

I have put a note on the end of that bug, and the respose was that I
should open a new bug, but rather than do that I feel I should just
extend the info in this one.

this is the info I put in that posting...

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I don't know if this bug is still open, (or if my problem is related to another bug), but the 'released fix' hasn't been in the lucid repositories.

when I perform the following

sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.1

this is the output...
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  tinyca mailx
The following NEW packages will be installed
  mysql-server-5.1
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/7,008kB of archives.
After this operation, 15.0MB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.1.
(Reading database ... 271591 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mysql-server-5.1 (from .../mysql-server-5.1_5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up mysql-server-5.1 (5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6) ...
101027 15:46:57 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
101027 15:46:57 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 44233
101027 15:46:57 InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
101027 15:46:58 InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 0 44233
start: Job failed to start

Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

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My concern is that this is the LTS version. As always I am upgrading
after the version has been out for a while, in the expectation that
problems like these would not occur.

My initial upgrade from 8.04 broke MySQL, and stopped my local test
versions for a number of test web sites (drupal) and a test
implementation of Sugar CRM I had going.

I assume that there is a similar problem in the 10.04 LTS server edition
also ? if so that will be bad new for someone!

I hope someone out there is able to regress the 'fix released'
notification, or at least confirm that my problems are not specific to
my setup.

I followed m2nis' details on post 23 for removing my old mysql
instalation (or rather I renamed the directories so as to retain my data
tables), then I did the following

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su mysql service mysql start
start: Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.50" (uid=112 pid=20679 comm="start) interface="com.ubuntu.Upstart0_6.Job" member="Start" error name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination="com.ubuntu.Upstart" (uid=0 pid=1 comm="/sbin/init"))
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then so as to confirm that it is indeed not running...

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ps aux|grep mysql
root 20762 0.0 0.1 3328 784 pts/0 S+ 22:40 0:00 grep mysql
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During my upgrade (which I performed stepwise through the versions, as I wasn't being given the option to go directly from 8.04 to 10.04?) I was prompted to file a bug report about mysql, here is the link to it
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-dfsg-5.1/+bug/666383

The reason I think this is in fact somehow all related is because my
var/log/syslog ouptut looks remarkable similar to the original posters

I am now going to try implementing the changes as suggested above, to
see if that solves my problem

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More details to follow shortly.

** Summary changed:

- package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6 failed to install/upgrade: 
+ package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6 failed to install/upgrade: [SRU] infinite loop in /etc/init/mysql.conf if mysqld is not running

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package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6 failed to install/upgrade: [SRU] infinite loop in /etc/init/mysql.conf if mysqld is not running
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666383
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