Hi Gary, thank you for your report and your help to make Ubuntu better. >From the log: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.7.postinst: line 16: 32700 Killed mysqld --user=mysql --init-file="$1" --socket="$tmpdir/mysqld.sock" --pid-file="$tmpdir/mysqld.pid" > /dev/null 2>&1 dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-5.7 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 137
There are issues in the mysql error log: I see that already exists "ERROR: 1050 Table 'plugin' already exists" But that is a known issue (https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=80642) and the postinst handles that with a || true The code path is also used to set a PW if set via debconf (not in your upgrade case I'd think). And finally to alter the user after auth_socket plugin is installed. I'd assume that the code got killed while executing those: USE mysql;" ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH 'auth_socket';" # Bug: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=80632 UPDATE user SET password_expired='N', account_locked='N' WHERE user='root';" FLUSH PRIVILEGES;" SHUTDOWN;" run_init_sql "$initfile" <- runs the commands above. But the mysql log has only valid shutdowns later on. So the question is what killed the call to mysql in your case. I beg a pardon, do you have any other data what happened while upgrading. Did other than that your do-release-upgrade finish and if so is mysql now properly working. Is a new upgrade (or install --reinstall) of mysql-server-5.7 working for you now? ** Bug watch added: MySQL Bug System #80642 http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=80642 ** Bug watch added: MySQL Bug System #80632 http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=80632 ** Changed in: mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1653900 Title: package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.16-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 137 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/+bug/1653900/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs