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davidreedernst (via-web) wrote : MySQL Server installation freezes if root password contains a single quote (apostrophe)

Running linuxmint 18, had trouble installating mysql-server. After a fair amount of frustration, I dug around, found a temp file that had a command in it to change my root password, my password was there (in plain text), and had a clear problem with the apostrophe in the password. It looked something like this:

SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('YouWeren'tExpectingThis');

I didn't save the file, did successfully install MySQL with a password without the single quote, and I'm not going to undo that all just to give a better bug report. I'm sure your programmers won't have any trouble tracking this down.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: mysql-server-5.7 5.7.12-0ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-28.47-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-28-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon
Date: Mon Jul 4 22:36:34 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-02 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Linux Mint 18 "Sarah" - Release amd64 20160628
Logs.var.log.daemon.log:

MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysql.cnf: [mysql]
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: False
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: mysql-5.7
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)