package mariadb-server-5.5 5.5.39-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Doug]

I did not elect to migrate from MYSQL.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: mariadb-server-5.5 5.5.39-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-39.66-generic 3.13.11.8
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-39-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Nov 13 19:23:22 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:mariadb-server-5.5:5.5.39-0ubuntu0.14.04.1:subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-09 (35 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
SourcePackage: mariadb-5.5
Title: package mariadb-server-5.5 5.5.39-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Otto Kekäläinen (otto)]

Hello!

This kind of by design how the mysql and mariadb packages work. If there is an issue with the /var/lib/mysql/*.flag file or data migration, the dpkg process simply stops and an unwanted upgrade is not performed.

Unfortunately the exit code is not handled very well and Apport thinks this is a bug, which it is actually not.

[Otto Kekäläinen (otto)]

I got a proper bug report in upstream Debian and was able to pinpoint the issue. A fix is possible to produce now.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=770177

[Otto Kekäläinen (otto)]

For the record: this was fixed in http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-mysql/mariadb-5.5.git/commit/?id=19cda85f117d914626ad77d3027327b7803dfa98 and will flow back to Ubuntu 14.04 and 14.10 wehn 5.5.40 enters via the stable updates channel.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package mariadb-5.5 - 5.5.41-0ubuntu0.14.10.2

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mariadb-5.5 (5.5.41-0ubuntu0.14.10.2) utopic-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Update to 5.5.41 to fix security issues (LP: #1414755)
    - CVE-2015-0411
    - CVE-2015-0382
    - CVE-2015-0381
    - CVE-2015-0432
    - CVE-2014-6568
    - CVE-2015-0374
  * As approved by Seth Arnold, this security update also imports the latest
    mariadb-5.5 packaging from Debian which includes useful and low-risk
    fixes:
    - Updated Dutch translation by Frans Spiesschaert
    - Updated control file so that mariadb-client-5.5 breaks and replaces
      the package mariadb-server-5.5 to allow overwriting the innochecksum
      man page file which has changed location (LP: #1368124) as per
      doc https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s7.6.1
    - Backported the fix of #770177 from 10.0 to 5.5 so that the migration
      question will not be asked repeatedly. (LP: #1392539)
  * Backported new cacert.pem etc from 5.5 the replace the expired ones
 -- Otto Kekaelaeinen <email address hidden> Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:15:00 +0200