Public bug reported: This seems to be caused (according to the output) by the INITOUTPUT variable being unbound. After some tinkering, I managed to get an additional (more helpful) result; the partition that MySQL is on does not have enough space. I suspect this is the issue, but it seems to be a high severity bug to not be able to uninstall SQL server when you don't have enough space on the partition.
ProblemType: Package Architecture: lpia Date: Fri Mar 20 17:04:00 2009 Dependencies: DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Package: mysql-server None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server.list] PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0 Title: package mysql-server None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server.list] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-lpia i686 ** Affects: mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-package -- SQL Server 5.0 install / uninstall fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346430 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to mysql-dfsg-5.0 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs