I was also affected. Upgraded from 14.04 to 16.04 with troubles w.r.t. MySQL. I resolved or rather worked around this problem with `sudo touch /etc/mysql/my.cnf.fallback`.
Bug 1567051 seems related. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1595984 Title: package mysql-common 5.7.12-0ubuntu1.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/+bug/1595984/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
