Seems the problem is that fill_help_tables.sql is missing. This is the error message during install from mysql_install_db:
Oct 29 10:45:32 vm-jaunty-i386 mysqld_safe[2909]: Oct 29 10:45:32 vm-jaunty-i386 mysqld_safe[2909]: FATAL ERROR: Could not find /usr/share/mysql/fill_help_tables.sql Oct 29 10:45:32 vm-jaunty-i386 mysqld_safe[2909]: Oct 29 10:45:32 vm-jaunty-i386 mysqld_safe[2909]: If you compiled from source, you need to run 'make install' to Oct 29 10:45:32 vm-jaunty-i386 mysqld_safe[2909]: copy the software into the correct location ready for operation. Oct 29 10:45:32 vm-jaunty-i386 mysqld_safe[2909]: Oct 29 10:45:32 vm-jaunty-i386 mysqld_safe[2909]: If you are using a binary release, you must either be at the top Oct 29 10:45:32 vm-jaunty-i386 mysqld_safe[2909]: level of the extracted archive, or pass the --basedir option Oct 29 10:45:32 vm-jaunty-i386 mysqld_safe[2909]: pointing to that location. Oct 29 10:45:32 vm-jaunty-i386 mysqld_safe[2909]: I couldn't figure out how the fill_help_tables.sql file got lost though. -- mariadb-server-5.1 fails to install on Ubuntu Jaunty x86 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/463143 You received this bug notification because you are a member of OurDelta- developers, which is the registrant for OurDelta. Status in Maria: New Status in OurDelta - Builds for MySQL,Maria: New Bug description: This is from Buildbot, building ourdelta revid:ha...@lu0012-20091028224108-lhovt5o40odg9ei0 https://askmonty.org/buildbot/builders/kvm-deb-jaunty-x86/builds/36 https://askmonty.org/buildbot/builders/kvm-deb-jaunty-x86/builds/36/steps/test/logs/stdio sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --allow-unauthenticated -y mariadb-server ... Setting up mariadb-server-5.1 (5.1.38-ourdelta62) ... * Stopping MariaDB database server mysqld ...done. 091029 7:37:45 [Warning] options --log-slow-admin-statements, --log-queries-not-using-indexes and --log-slow-slave-statements have no effect if --log_slow_queries is not set 091029 7:37:45 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled. 091029 07:37:45 [Note] PrimeBase XT (PBXT) Engine 1.0.08d RC loaded... 091029 07:37:45 [Note] Paul McCullagh, PrimeBase Technologies GmbH, http://www.primebase.org InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins. 091029 7:37:45 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda. 091029 7:37:46 InnoDB Plugin 1.0.3-6a started; log sequence number 46409 ERROR: 1146 Table 'mysql.user' doesn't exist 091029 7:37:46 [ERROR] Aborting 091029 7:37:46 InnoDB: Starting shutdown... 091029 7:37:47 InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 46419 091029 07:37:47 [Note] PrimeBase XT Engine shutdown... 091029 7:37:47 [Warning] Forcing shutdown of 1 plugins 091029 7:37:47 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete Replacement succeeded for "/usr/sbin/mysqld". * Starting MariaDB database server mysqld ...fail! invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing mariadb-server-5.1 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Setting up libhtml-template-perl (2.9-1) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mariadb-server: mariadb-server depends on mariadb-server-5.1; however: Package mariadb-server-5.1 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing mariadb-server (--configure): This seems to be a regression. It was working before, eg. here: https://askmonty.org/buildbot/builders/kvm-deb-jaunty-x86/builds/29 This part of the output might point to the root cause: ERROR: 1146 Table 'mysql.user' doesn't exist 091029 7:37:46 [ERROR] Aborting _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ourdelta-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ourdelta-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
