During an upgrade, there are queries that need to be run against the
server, which means the mysql service must be running.

On Apr 29, 2017 3:04 AM, "Pablo Catalina" <email address hidden> wrote:

But, why the service has to be enabled to upgrade it?

El 29/4/2017 5:34, "Jordao" <email address hidden> escribió:

> That's ok, but I guess a better approach would be delaying upgrade (no
> install) if service is disabled or doing these steps automatically because
> it can be very annoying and could mess something up.
> The first option should be a bit easier to implement.
>
> 2017-04-28 17:08 GMT-03:00 Larika <email address hidden>:
>
> > sudo systemctl enable mysql
> > sudo systemctl start mysql
> > sudo apt install -f
> >
> > Upgrade process completed successfully. :)
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> >   postinst fails when daemon is not running (or is disabled by policy-
> >   rc.d)
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> Title:
>   postinst fails when daemon is not running (or is disabled by policy-
>   rc.d)
>
> Status in mysql-5.7 package in Ubuntu:
>   In Progress
> Status in mysql-5.7 package in Debian:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   Every 10-15 minutes mysql crashes with this error.
>
>   ProblemType: Package
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
>   Package: mysql-server-5.7 5.7.12-0ubuntu1
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-24.43-generic 4.4.10
>   Uname: Linux 4.4.0-24-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
>   Architecture: amd64
>   Date: Fri Jun 10 10:47:34 2016
>   ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
> error exit status 1
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2002-01-01 (5279 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64
> (20140722.2)
>   Logs.var.log.daemon.log:
>
>   Logs.var.log.mysql.error.log:
>   MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysql.cnf: [mysql]
>   MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqld_safe_syslog.cnf:
>    [mysqld_safe]
>    syslog
>   MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqldump.cnf:
>    [mysqldump]
>    quick
>    quote-names
>    max_allowed_packet   = 16M
>   MySQLConf.etc.mysql.mysql.conf.d.mysqld_safe_syslog.cnf:
>    [mysqld_safe]
>    syslog
>   MySQLVarLibDirListing: ['joomla', 'debian-5.7.flag',
> 'performance_schema', 'mysql', 'debian-5.5.flag', 'ibdata1',
'ib_logfile1',
> 'mysql_upgrade_info', 'ibtmp1', 'auto.cnf', 'sys', 'ib_logfile0',
> 'ib_buffer_pool']
>   ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-24-generic
> root=UUID=24616351-e938-44c6-b79f-5db042b2563b ro quiet splash
> vt.handoff=7
>   RelatedPackageVersions:
>    dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
>    apt  1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
>   SourcePackage: mysql-5.7
>   Title: package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.12-0ubuntu1 failed to
> install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
> error exit status 1
>   UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-06-10 (4 days ago)
>   upstart.mysql.override: manual
>
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