It's actually worse than that, because: (1) apt leaves the package dangling, not fully installed, requires a fix with "apt-get install -f" ... and (2) it leaves the databases and tables in the old pre-5.6 format because it didn't finish installation
So it's a bit of a mess. After manually fixing the my.cnf problem and doing a -f, it goes ahead and converts the databases and tables as well and finishes. It's not Ubuntu's responsibility to fix the my.cnf problem, but maybe Ubuntu could allow some easy way to revert to 5.6 after a failed 5.7 upgrade, because right now it's a little scary for those who don't have much expertise to fix it themselves. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1567884 Title: package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.11-0ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/+bug/1567884/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
