I ran the following SQL-statement under the MySQL-root user: UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD([The password found in /etc/mysql/debian.cnf]) WHERE User="debian-sys-maint";
And after I flushed the privileges, the update of 5.1 was successful. -- package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.37-1ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509736 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
