This appears to be happening because of the " in the password. It is
only a problem with debconf - I can use " (well, \") jsut fine using
mysqladmin -h localhost -u root -p password 46937HE.\"$/ZIawxRFH294
** Changed in: mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu)
Importance: High => Medium
** Changed in: mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Also affects: debconf (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn) => (unassigned)
** Information type changed from Private to Public
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debconf failed to set mysql5-5 root passphrase
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