Ubuntu
mysql-5.7 package

  1. Bug #1771630
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 1771630

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Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer) wrote : Re: package mysql-server-5.7 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: installed mysql-server-5.7 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127

I've only found two ways to reproduce to far
1. remove the file maliciously
  $ mv /usr/share/mysql-common/configure-symlinks /usr/share/mysql-common/configure-symlinks.nomore
  $ apt install --reinstall mysql-server-5.7
2. dpkg --ignore-depends=mysql-common -i mysql-server-5.7_5.7.22-0ubuntu18.04.1_amd64.deb

I think we can agree that neither is meant to work, so I still wonder how it happens in the real world to the bug reporters.