package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.30-2ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Stefan Ebner]

just installed updates (from today -> 30.01.2009)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: mysql-server-5.1 5.1.30-2ubuntu5
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.1
Title: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.30-2ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-5-generic i686

[Mathias Gug (mathiaz)]

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

Could you please provide the following information:

 * content of /var/log/daemon.log related to mysql processes:

    /var/log/daemon.log

 * apparmor audit messages related to mysqld:

    /var/log/kern.log

 * mysqld apparmor profile:

    /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld

 * list of mysqld apparmor profiles:

    ls -l /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld*

 * mysql configuration stripped of private information (such as password):

    /etc/mysql/my.cnf

 * extra mysql configuration from the conf.d directory:

    /etc/mysql/conf.d/

 * directory listing of mysql datadir (by default /var/lib/mysql):

    ls -l /var/lib/mysql

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Relevant error messages

Setting up mysql-server-5.1 (5.1.30-2ubuntu5) ...

 * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld 
[ OK ]

 * Starting MySQL database server mysqld 
[fail]

invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.

dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.1 (--configure):

 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Stefan Ebner (sebner)]

Hi Mathias!

Thank you for your (late ^^) reply but this bug happened during
Jaunty development cycle and IIRC the next upload of mysql-server fixed the issue.
I'm closing the bug report, thanks again.