Missing dep / wrong dep

[dave b.]

Binary package hint: mtop

package mtop 0.6.6-1.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
...... BUG -> it tries during installation to connect to the mysql server on the local machine. This behavior is different to that suggested by the package / its deps. NOTE: i do not have the mysql server installed! (the full thing.. i only have the core).

Suggestion re fix.....can the package be altered to either depend on mysql-server OR not attempt to connect to a server on the local machine during installation. If no server is active on the local machine... it may be that the user wants to use it on a remote machine and not have to _install_ mysql server on the local machine.

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1070 2009-04-18 05:07 kvm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2290 2009-03-30 19:37 laptop-mode
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4082 2009-04-19 08:18 libvirt-bin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1748 2008-05-08 04:23 mbmon
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1399 2008-10-15 02:52 module-init-tools
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 620 2008-10-15 00:02 mountall-bootclean.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1956 2008-10-15 00:02 mountall.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1351 2008-10-15 00:02 mountdevsubfs.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2350 2009-03-31 20:01 mountkernfs.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 618 2008-10-15 00:02 mountnfs-bootclean.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2330 2008-10-15 00:02 mountnfs.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1321 2008-10-15 00:02 mountoverflowtmp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3668 2008-10-15 00:02 mtab.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5368 2008-08-06 22:47 munin-node
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2417 2009-03-06 02:02 networking
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1822 2009-04-14 22:33 NetworkManager
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 882 2009-03-31 20:01 ondemand

Setting up mtop (0.6.6-1.2) ...
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
dpkg: error processing mtop (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mtop
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: mtop 0.6.6-1.2
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: mtop
Title: package mtop 0.6.6-1.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

[dave b. (d+b)]

note: b is the output of dpkg -l