Package: mysql-server-5.0 Version: 5.0.38-1 Severity: normal mysql-server-5.0 install after purge fails. When trying to install, following output is received:
bmp22:/home/bmp22# aptitude install mysql-server-5.0 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Building tag database... Done No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Writing extended state information... Done Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.38-1) ... Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. The process then hangs indefinitely, when a ctrl-c issued, we get: dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt) Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.0 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.38-1) ... Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt) Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.0 There are no mysqld processes running. If I remove /etc/mysql, as I believe the install is looking for a non-existent lock file, then I get the following problem on install. bmp22:/home/bmp22# aptitude install mysql-server-5.0 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Building tag database... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: mysql-server-5.0 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/25.4MB of archives. After unpacking 68.9MB will be used. Writing extended state information... Done Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.0. (Reading database ... 27406 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking mysql-server-5.0 (from .../mysql-server-5.0_5.0.38-1_i386.deb) ... Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.38-1) ... Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.0.postinst: line 143: /etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.0 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.38-1) ... Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.0.postinst: line 143: /etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.0 -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.29 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages mysql-server-5.0 depends on: ii adduser 3.102 Add and remove users and groups ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.13 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdbi-perl 1.53-1 Perl5 database interface by Tim Bu ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-21 GCC support library ii libmysqlclient15off 5.0.38-1 mysql database client library ii libncurses5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libreadline5 5.2-2 GNU readline and history libraries ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-21 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libwrap0 7.6.dbs-13 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra ii lsb-base 3.1-23.1 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip ii mysql-client-5.0 5.0.38-1 mysql database client binaries ii mysql-common 5.0.38-1 mysql database common files (e.g. ii passwd 1:4.0.18.1-7 change and administer password and ii perl 5.8.8-7 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii psmisc 22.3-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime Versions of packages mysql-server-5.0 recommends: ii mailx 1:8.1.2-0.20050715cvs-1 A simple mail user agent -- debconf information: mysql-server-5.0/really_downgrade: false mysql-server-5.0/need_sarge_compat: false mysql-server-5.0/start_on_boot: true mysql-server/error_setting_password: mysql-server-5.0/nis_warning: mysql-server-5.0/postrm_remove_databases: false mysql-server-5.0/need_sarge_compat_done: false -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

