package mysql-server-5.5 5.5.24-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Pedro Brasileiro]

Do not start server after update

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: mysql-server-5.5 5.5.24-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic-pae 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu10
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jun 29 10:56:46 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
Logs.var.log.daemon.log:

MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqld.safe.syslog.cnf:
 [mysqld_safe]
 syslog
MySQLVarLibDirListing: ['hanzo_cdp', 'hanzo_ar', 'hanzo_fsq', 'hanzo_gs', 'hanzo_core', 'hanzo_dwl', 'test', 'hanzo_gw', 'hanzo_le', 'hanzo_cdp_archive', 'hanzo_twit', 'hanzo_is', 'hanzo_cr', 'hanzo_sp', 'hanzo_orkt', 'hanzo_mp', 'performance_schema', 'ib_logfile1', 'hanzo_mc', 'hanzo_vp', 'ib_logfile0', 'hanzo_chat', 'hanzo_drb', 'hanzo_misc', 'debian-5.1.flag', 'hanzo_mch', 'hanzo_fg', 'hanzo_fb', 'ibdata1', 'mysql', 'hanzo_qt', 'debian-5.5.flag', 'mysql_upgrade_info', 'hanzo_face']
SourcePackage: mysql-5.5
Title: package mysql-server-5.5 5.5.24-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-02 (57 days ago)

[Robie Basak (racb)]

From log:
Setting up mysql-common (5.5.22-0ubuntu1) ...
Configuration file `/etc/mysql/my.cnf'
 ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
 ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
   What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
    Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
    N or O : keep your currently-installed version
      D : show the differences between the versions
      Z : start a shell to examine the situation
 The default action is to keep your current version.
*** my.cnf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ?
...
*** my.cnf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? n
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.5.
[...]
Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.22-0ubuntu1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init/mysql.conf ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld ...
mysql start/running, process 10484

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

This looks like a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in Ubuntu, so I'm marking this bug as Invalid.

Specifically, during the upgrade you used your modified version of my.cnf rather than the package's version, so errors from this point may be due to your custom configuration rather than a bug in the package.

You can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

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, and then change the bug status back to New.