package mysql-server 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

[David Jones]

using a Dell Inspiron 10 with Ubuntu 8.04 pre-installed

I successfully installed php5 and apache2 with no errors.
I *almost* get MySQL installed, but it fails near the end with INITOUTPUT undefined.

Can this be fixed??

David Jones
<email address hidden>

root@djones:/home/djones# apt-cache policy mysql-server
mysql-server:
  Installed: 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5
  Candidate: 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5 0
        500 http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

root@djones:/home/djones# apt-get -V install mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
mysql-server is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.51a-3ubuntu5) ...
/etc/lsb-base-logging.sh: line 84: INITOUTPUT: unbound variable
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed.
/etc/lsb-base-logging.sh: line 84: INITOUTPUT: unbound variable
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
 mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however:
  Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.0
 mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: lpia
Date: Sat Jan 1 10:31:31 2011
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: mysql-server 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0
Title: package mysql-server 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-24-lpia i686

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

I dont think this is a mysql bug.

chuck

[David Jones (dxjones)]

Who do we notify to resolve this bug? (although it may not be a mysql bug, it still blocks mysql from being installed)

On 2011-01-03, at 8:22 AM, Chuck Short wrote:

> /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh: line 84: INITOUTPUT: unbound variable

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information.

Please include the information requested at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSamba#samba-pkg-fail.

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