Ubuntu
mysql-5.7 package

package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.12-0ubuntu1.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #1595208 reported by Pablo Catalina on 2016-06-22

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1592669: postinst fails when daemon is not running (or is disabled by policy-rc.d). Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	One Hundred Papercuts	Confirmed	Medium	Unassigned
	mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

If you disabled the service to start during boot using systemd:

systemctl disable mysql

The upgrade script does not work even if mysql is started manually.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: mysql-server-5.7 5.7.12-0ubuntu1.1
Uname: Linux 4.6.2-pcipatch3-i7 x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jun 22 16:31:02 2016
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-26 (27 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
Logs.var.log.daemon.log:

MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysql.cnf: [mysql]
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqldump.cnf:
[mysqldump]
quick
quote-names
max_allowed_packet = 16M
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.mysql.conf.d.mysqld_safe_syslog.cnf:
[mysqld_safe]
syslog
MySQLVarLibDirListing: ['sys', 'auto.cnf', 'ib_logfile0', 'ib_buffer_pool', 'ib_logfile1', 'debian-5.7.flag', 'ibdata1', 'mysql', 'performance_schema', 'vulns', 'ibtmp1', 'phpmyadmin']
ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.6.2-pcipatch3-i7 root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
SourcePackage: mysql-5.7
Title: package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.12-0ubuntu1.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.mysql.mysql.conf.d.mysqld.cnf: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.mysql.mysql.conf.d.mysqld.cnf: 2016-06-16T12:13:40.984718
upstart.mysql.override: manual

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Pablo Catalina (xkill) wrote on 2016-06-22:

.etc.apparmor.d.usr.sbin.mysqld.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AptOrdering.txt Edit (526 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (3.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (717 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (73.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (54.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (699 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (16.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
KernLog.txt Edit (3.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Logs.var.log.mysql.error.log.txt Edit (17.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.my.cnf.txt Edit (682 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.mysql.cnf.txt Edit (682 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.mysql.conf.d.mysqld.cnf.txt Edit (3.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Revision history for this message

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2016-06-22:

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

Changed in mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2016-06-23

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) on 2016-06-25

Changed in mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status:	New → Confirmed
importance:	Undecided → Medium