package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.18-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1. Occured during "sudo do-release-upgrade -d" when upgrading from 16.10 to current version (17.04)

[Jakub Sawczuk]

package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.18-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1. Occured during "sudo do-release-upgrade -d" when upgrading from 16.10 to current version (17.04)

MariaDB was installed and removed from the system, then MySQL installed and was working properly.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: mysql-server-5.7 5.7.18-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-51.54-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-51-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon May 15 09:17:54 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-08 (67 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
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: ['mysql', 'ib_logfile0', 'crm1', 'ibtmp1', 'ibdata1', 'aff', 'crm2', 'ib_buffer_pool', 'tests', 'auto.cnf', 'ib_logfile1', 'sys', 'performance_schema', 'debian-5.7.flag']
ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-51-generic root=UUID=0bacaca1-8728-412b-a202-4e20c189041c ro quiet splash
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.3.5
SourcePackage: mysql-5.7
Title: package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.18-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2017-05-15 (0 days ago)

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

From log:

mysql_upgrade: Got error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) while connecting to the MySQL server
Upgrade process encountered error and will not continue.
mysql_upgrade failed with exit status 11

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

Hi,

Thanks for the bug report. I believe this to be a duplicate of LP: #1670629. If you disagree or have additional information that shows otherwise please add it here for consideration. Thanks again.