[Bug 1016018] [NEW] package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.62-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Rashford Blake]

Public bug reported:

Carried out the usual security package updates through Ubuntu  Xfce GUI
Package Manager. During the update procedure I noticed the update
process included a mysql-server upgrade and a notification informing
this could take some time.  After two days and two nights, I realized
this was taking far longer than expected and thought something must be
wrong.

The CPU, memory and network activity was monitored using GUI System
Monitor which showed a high usage on one of the CPU cores (Intel i3 -
3.10GHz). This would change to a different core overtime.

After rebooting I logged into a terminal console and proceeded with the
command line security package update using the 'sudo apt-get update'
command, which started successfully. However at the end it did report an
issue with dpkg of mysql-server and suggested the following command to
run to resolve the issue:

dpkg --configure -a

Copious messages followed, however the following was reported:

Setting up libmysqlclient16 (5.1.63-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...
Setting up mysql-server-core 5.1  (5.1.63-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...
Setting up mysql-client-core 5.1  (5.1.63-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...
Setting up mysql-client-5.1  (5.1.63-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...
Setting up mysql-server-5.1  (5.1.62-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...
mysql start/running

Setting up mysql-server-core (5.1.63-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...
Process triggers for libc-bin
Idconfig deferred processing now taking place.

Will reboot as suggested

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: mysql-server-5.1 5.1.62-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-41.90-generic-pae 2.6.32.59+drm33.24
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-41-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jun 21 09:39:05 2012
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04.3 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20110719.2)
Logs.var.log.daemon.log:
 
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqld.safe.syslog.cnf:
 [mysqld_safe]
 syslog
MySQLVarLibDirListing: ['database1', 'CenTracdb', 'ib_logfile1', 'debian-5.1.flag', 'mysql_upgrade_info', 'phpmyadmin', 'bacula', 'mysql', 'ib_logfile0', 'bugzilla3', 'ibdata1']
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.1
Title: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.62-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

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


** Tags: apport-package i386 lucid

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  package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.62-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 failed to
  install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error
  exit status 1

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