*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1592669 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1592669
@lpuzio your workaround worked for me on bash for windows - many thanks!
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
$ mysql --version
mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.20, for Linux (x86_64) using EditLine wrapper
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mysql_upgrade: Got error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server
through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) while connecting to
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