mysql-server-5.5 fails to install/upgrade

[Ole Wolf]

When I run apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade, the MySQL server fails to upgrade with the following information:

Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.32-0ubuntu0.13.04.2) ...
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.5 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
 mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.5; however:
  Package mysql-server-5.5 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.5
 mysql-server

TEMPORARY WORK-AROUND:

start the MySQL server with: sudo mysqld_safe

This may only be possible if a previously stable/installable MySQL server has been running.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: mysql-server-5.5 5.5.32-0ubuntu0.13.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-26.38-generic 3.8.13.2
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Aug 9 08:48:56 2013
KernLog:

Logs.var.log.daemon.log:

MarkForUpload: True
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqld.safe.syslog.cnf:
 [mysqld_safe]
 syslog
MySQLVarLibDirListing: False
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_DK.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: mysql-5.5
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-05-02 (98 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[eumetaxas (eumetaxas)]

Thank you for the temporary work around! You saved me! It is very annoying when your database fails in your ofiice