On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 18:34:53 -0700, S D wrote: > Hi, > > For some reason mysql fails to install after running "aptitude purge > mysql-server --purge-unused". I want a clean, fresh mysql installation > and don't care about what happens to the old mysql data/config > files/etc. It appears the install scrip is looking for the old > "/etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf" and fails since it doesn't > exist. > > Any ideas? Thanks > > # uname -a > Linux testsrv 2.6.18-6-686 #1 SMP Sun Feb 10 22:11:31 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux > > # aptitude purge mysql-server --purge-unused
[...] > The following packages have been kept back: > postfix postfix-doc > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. > Writing extended state information... Done > > # aptitude install mysql-server [...] > The following NEW packages will be automatically installed: > libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libnet-daemon-perl libplrpc-perl > mysql-client-5.0 mysql-server-5.0 > The following packages have been kept back: > postfix postfix-doc > The following NEW packages will be installed: > libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libnet-daemon-perl libplrpc-perl > mysql-client-5.0 mysql-server mysql-server-5.0 > 0 packages upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. [...] > Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.32-7etch5) ... > 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 That line in the script reads: echo -e "# created by debconf\n[mysqld]\nold_passwords = $RET" > /etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf This does not seem to require that old_passwords.cnf exists beforehand. Is there still enough space on all the relevant partitions, does the /etc/mysql/conf.d/ directory exist? Can you do this: touch /etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]