package mysql-server 5.0.67-0ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Per Kraulis]

~ $ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

Upgrade of existing MySQL installation.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: mysql-server 5.0.67-0ubuntu6
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0
Title: package mysql-server 5.0.67-0ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-17-generic i686

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

[Per Kraulis (per-kraulis)]

Hi Chuck,

Hmm, I wasn't aware that you had requested any additional information.
And when I go to the page provided in the original message I got
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/520058, I can't see anything either.

Anyhow, the problem is that I basically bypassed this issue: I had to
upgrade to 9.04 for other reasons, so this issue just went away for
me. Which also means that I have no way of providing any more hard
information.

Trying to remember what I did about this back in February: I seem to
recall that I guessed it had to do with the MySQL 'root' password
somehow. I think that the upgrade error went away when I set the MySQL
'root' password to nothing, and then retried the upgrade. But I cannot
guarantee that this is what actually happened, or just some idea I
had.

Sorry about this.

Great work on Ubuntu otherwise! It was such a liberating experience
when I (re)discovered Linux through Ubuntu about 3 years ago.

Yours,
Per K

2010/4/22 Chuck Short <email address hidden>:
> We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't
> heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested
> information? Thanks!
>
> --
> package mysql-server 5.0.67-0ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/520058
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “mysql-dfsg-5.0” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> ~ $ lsb_release -rd
> Description:    Ubuntu 8.10
> Release:        8.10
>
> Upgrade of existing MySQL installation.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
> Package: mysql-server 5.0.67-0ubuntu6
> PackageArchitecture: all
> SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0
> Title: package mysql-server 5.0.67-0ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Uname: Linux 2.6.27-17-generic i686
>
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Per Kraulis
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Systems Architect, SciLifeLab, <email address hidden>, www.scllifelab.se
CEO, Avatar Software AB, <email address hidden> www.avatar.se

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

I am going to close this bug then.