SQL Server 5.0 install / uninstall fails

Bug #346430 reported by mcwafflestix
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #291987: mysql-server-5.0 installation fails. Edit Remove
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mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

This seems to be caused (according to the output) by the INITOUTPUT variable being unbound. After some tinkering, I managed to get an additional (more helpful) result; the partition that MySQL is on does not have enough space. I suspect this is the issue, but it seems to be a high severity bug to not be able to uninstall SQL server when you don't have enough space on the partition.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: lpia
Date: Fri Mar 20 17:04:00 2009
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: mysql-server None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server.list]
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0
Title: package mysql-server None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server.list] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-lpia i686

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mcwafflestix (paulsonier) wrote :
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Mathias Gug (mathiaz) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. How did you get the additional error message?

What's the output of the following command:

  LC_ALL=C BLOCKSIZE= df --portability /var/lib/mysql?

Changed in mysql-dfsg-5.0:
status: New → Incomplete
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mcwafflestix (paulsonier) wrote : RE: [Bug 346430] Re: SQL Server 5.0 install / uninstall fails

I'm not entirely sure how I got the additional error message; I went through a cycle of attempting to uninstall SQL Server several times, and went through the process of attempting to clean up the disk by removing unwanted and unnecessary applications. At some point in that process, I began to get the "not enough space" message.

Unfortunately, I have since wiped the disk and started over, so I cannot give you the results of the diagnostic you suggested. I have since installed SQL Server on a larger partition, however, and have had no problem; however, this install was under Ubuntu 8.10, instead of 8.04, so that may be a confounding variable. In any event, I am no longer having these problems; however, I still believe that the original error could be a serious problem for anyone encountering it.

Sincerely,
Paul Sonier

> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:48:07 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 346430] Re: SQL Server 5.0 install / uninstall fails
>
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. How did you get the additional error message?
>
> What's the output of the following command:
>
> LC_ALL=C BLOCKSIZE= df --portability /var/lib/mysql?
>
>
> ** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> SQL Server 5.0 install / uninstall fails
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346430
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “mysql-dfsg-5.0” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> This seems to be caused (according to the output) by the INITOUTPUT variable being unbound. After some tinkering, I managed to get an additional (more helpful) result; the partition that MySQL is on does not have enough space. I suspect this is the issue, but it seems to be a high severity bug to not be able to uninstall SQL server when you don't have enough space on the partition.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: lpia
> Date: Fri Mar 20 17:04:00 2009
> Dependencies:
>
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Package: mysql-server None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server.list]
> PackageArchitecture: all
> SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0
> Title: package mysql-server None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server.list] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-lpia i686

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