Comment 1 for bug 1069829

seems the problem is /etc/init.d/mysql stop is taking forever, hence why it seems "hung". It would have saved a lot of grief if a message like "Stopping mysqld" would appear, so users know what's going on. Package removal shouldn't take 60 seconds, but stopping MySQL might.

So I'd say this can be "fixed" with a one-line addition that prints out "stopping mysqld" or similar just before it stops mysql.