bacula-director-mysql 5.0.1-1ubuntu1 fails to install if mysql-server not installed first

[JoeBlack]

Binary package hint: bacula

failed

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: bacula-director-mysql 5.0.1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-20.30-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-20-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Apr 14 07:31:48 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
SourcePackage: bacula
Title: package bacula-director-mysql 5.0.1-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Scott Moser (smoser)]

confirmed.
it looks to me to be dbconfig-common related.

[Charles Marslett (charles-marslett)]

Agree with Scott Moser: this looks like it could be related to installing MySQL at the same time as bacula. At least that was what I did, and saw the issue. Check issue #404768 for the same issue fixed around 2009-09-20 (<email address hidden>).

Another bug report mentioned fixing it with a reconfigure:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure bacula-director-mysql

I think that worked but I had to answer 'ignore' to a question I really did not understand.

This bug/feature keeps popping up every release, much like the issues with integrated video on AMD laptops. It may really be a problem with release management, but I don't know how to fix it. Perhaps apt needs a second set of dependencies for the configuration steps at the end of the install so you can configure and start mysql before configuring and starting bacula-director-mysql. It seems that is probably a common requirement.

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

This one has been around a long time, and doesn't have an easy fix. As a work around, I would suggest that users who are affected install mysql-server *first*, and then bacula-director-mysql if they wish to use mysql locally.