mariadb 5.5.41-1ubuntu0.14.04.1 failed to install/upgrade with output "mysqld  [ OK ]"

[Peter Harris]

running BOINC
ubuntu 14.04 LTS

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: mariadb-server-5.5 5.5.41-1ubuntu0.14.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-45.74-generic 3.13.11-ckt13
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-45-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Feb 6 08:17:32 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:mariadb-server-5.5:5.5.41-1ubuntu0.14.04.1:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-19 (48 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
SourcePackage: mariadb-5.5
Title: package mariadb-server-5.5 5.5.41-1ubuntu0.14.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-12-19 (48 days ago)

[Otto Kekäläinen (otto)]

The relevant part from the logs is:

**
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up libmagic1:i386 (1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3) ...
Setting up file (1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3) ...
Setting up libmariadbclient18:i386 (5.5.41-1ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Setting up mariadb-client-core-5.5 (5.5.41-1ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Setting up mariadb-client-5.5 (5.5.41-1ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Setting up mariadb-server-core-5.5 (5.5.41-1ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Setting up mariadb-server-5.5 (5.5.41-1ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server ...
 * Stopping MariaDB database server mysqld 
[ OK ]
dpkg: error processing package mariadb-server-5.5 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up tzdata-java (2015a-0ubuntu0.14.04) ...
**

The line with 80G and 74G looks weird. I have never seen anything like before.

Can you describe your setup? How can I reproduce this error?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Otto Kekäläinen (otto)]

Can somebody please tell me how to reproduce this error? Apport logs alone does not contain enough information to solve a bug.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/QA/Bug_writing_guidelines#Writing_precise_steps_to_reproduce

[Julien Fastré (julien-w)]

Hi,

It seems that this bug happens when I updated mariadb from the graphical interface.

Updating from the command line a couple of hours laters, I was asked to confirm that I want to replace mysql by mariadb. I wasn't asked this from graphical console.

Is this a hint to solve this ?

[Otto Kekäläinen (otto)]

Thanks @Julien!

What did you have installed before you upgraded into mariadb 5.5.41? Did you migrate from mysql 5.5 or from an older version of mariadb? Was the previous version installed from the official Ubuntu repositories or somewhere else?

When you were asked the migration question in the graphical UI, did you respond with 'yes' or 'no'?

[Julien Fastré (julien-w)]

Hi,

I did not remember what was installed before. I think I installed MariaDB (I do remember I wanted to avoid mysql).

I answered yes and all was fine after that.

I am sorry for the lack of information. I did not expected to have such bug and I wasn't prepare for gathering those informations.

[Peter Harris (peterharris120)]

Please this is still giving me problems. I get a failure with a mariadb -- unconfigured error regularly. I'm not sure how to fix it

[Otto Kekäläinen (otto)]

As I've commented before, there is very little I can debug unless you provide proper information about the issue.

I will close this issue as invalid unless somebody writes a proper bug report with actionable information.