Public bug reported:
The default installation of mysql-server is completed successfully if it
manages to start at the same time. If for some reason mysql-server
cannot start, then the installation fails without giving a comprehensive
error message. The user has no clue as to why the installation failed.
The only file with information is /var/log/mysql/error.log.
Users run Ubuntu on affordable servers with little memory (Amazon EC2 600MB
RAM, or DigitalOcean 512MB RAM). In addition, users may use containers like LXD
which means that mysql-server may not get as much memory as required.
Therefore, the installation may or may not fail. In addition, mysql-server may
crash latter if not enough memory is available.
The default requirement for memory for mysql-server is 128MB (InnoDB).
There should be a way to inform the user that mysql-server does not
install if there is not enough memory.
** Affects: mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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mysql-server fails to install if it cannot start due to not enough
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