package bacula-director-mysql 7.4.4+dfsg-5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Jherson Rivera Carhuayal]

Error de actualizacion de bacula al actualizar sw ubuntu 16.04 a 17.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: bacula-director-mysql 7.4.4+dfsg-5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-38.42~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 21 07:57:57 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-18 (94 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu2
 apt 1.4.6~17.04.1
SourcePackage: bacula
Title: package bacula-director-mysql 7.4.4+dfsg-5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-11-21 (0 days ago)

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

From log:

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

Thanks for taking the time to file a bug!

This actually looks like an issue with mysql, specifically LP: #1670629. I am going to mark this as a duplicate of that bug. if you disagree or have additional information, please feel free to add more information below.

Thanks!