[Bug 710038] [NEW] package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 20

[Len Turnbow]

Public bug reported:

Release:
Description:	Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release:	10.04

I expected my software updates to complete correctly.
Instead, no updates complete and the computer complains cryptically.

I'm experiencing the same problems outlined in Bug 705615.
I now have a large backlog of updates that I would like to install but the update process fails every time.
I've attempted to repair the problem using procedures outlined on various web sites but the bug remains.
There appears to be a problem accessing some 'util-linux' code?

Please lend a hand to a helpless hardware guy.

Thanks!  --Len

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-27.49-generic 2.6.32.26+drm33.12
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-27-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Jan 29 22:30:34 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 20
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqld.safe.syslog.cnf:
 [mysqld_safe]
 syslog
MySQLVarLibDirListing: ['ib_logfile1', 'debian-5.1.flag', 'lturnbow-laptop.pid', 'mysql_upgrade_info', 'mysql', 'ib_logfile0', 'ibdata1']
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.1
Title: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 20

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


** Tags: apport-package i386 lucid

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Title:
  package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.8 failed to install/upgrade:
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
  status 20