Hi Robie, Thanks for your reply. I did see the messages about configuration files but can honestly say, 'it wasn't me guv'. I didn't actually know that mySQL had been installed until I got the update error about inconsistencies in the package. I agree though that on the surface this looks more like user error than a bug and will try to understand, within reason of time and sanity, how this situation arose. Failing that I'll backup and re-install Xubuntu and see what the vanilla version has installed.
Thanks again for your reply, Best regards, David On 17/09/2015 10:09, Robie Basak wrote: > Thank you for your report. > > This looks like a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in > Ubuntu, since you appear to have extensively deleted MySQL configuration > files and so it cannot be expected to work. > > You can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: > http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community > > Since we use this bug tracker to track bugs in Ubuntu, rather than > configuration problems, I'm marking this bug as Invalid. This helps us > to focus on fixing bugs in Ubuntu. > > If you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful > to read "How to report bugs effectively" > http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful > if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, > explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem > specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New. > > ** Changed in: mysql-5.6 (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Invalid > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to mysql-5.6 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1496478 Title: package mysql-server-core-5.6 5.6.25-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.6/+bug/1496478/+subscriptions -- 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
