package automysqlbackup 2.5-3 failed to install/upgrade:

[Roland Grimont]

Binary package hint: automysqlbackup

Package failed to upgrade during upgrade process.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Dec 24 15:38:36 2009
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 127
Package: automysqlbackup 2.5-3
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-17.58-generic
SourcePackage: automysqlbackup
Title: package automysqlbackup 2.5-3 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-17-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

For the log file the error is
=====
Paramétrage de automysqlbackup (2.5-3) ...
Fichier de configuration « /etc/default/automysqlbackup »
 ==> Modifié (par vous ou par un script) depuis l'installation.
 ==> Le distributeur du paquet a fourni une version mise à jour.
   Que voulez-vous faire ? Vos options sont les suivantes :
    Y ou I  : installer la version du responsable du paquet
    N ou O  : garder votre version actuellement installée
      D  : afficher les différences entre les versions
      Z  : suspendre ce processus pour examiner la situation
 L'action par défaut garde votre version actuelle.
*** automysqlbackup (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [défaut=N] ?
*** automysqlbackup (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [défaut=N] ? ERROR 1577 (HY000) at line 1: Cannot proceed because system tables used by Event Scheduler were found damaged at server start
l ...
n
/etc/default/automysqlbackup: 7: debian-sys-maint: not found
dpkg : erreur de traitement de automysqlbackup (--configure) :
 le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 127
=====

[Thomas Goirand (thomas-goirand)]

Normally, your system should have a /etc/mysql/debian.cnf holding the following:

root@GPLHost:xen650901>_ ~# cat /etc/mysql/debian.cnf
# Automatically generated for Debian scripts. DO NOT TOUCH!
[client]
host = localhost
user = debian-sys-maint
password = XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
[mysql_upgrade]
user = debian-sys-maint
password = XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
basedir = /usr

Of course, the XXX thing is replaced by a random value setup by the mysqld package. If you don't have it, or if debian-sys-maint is not present in this file, then you have the above. I don't believe that a setup without the above described file is a healthy setup. Optionally, edit /etc/default/automysqlbackup and set your user / pass.

Also, what is this:

"Cannot proceed because system tables used by Event Scheduler were found damaged at server start"

Please fix your system and come back to tell if the fault is on automysqlbackup.

Thomas