package failed to install/upgrade with error "There's not enough space" if /var/lib/mysql/ is not mounted

[Peter Sankauskas]

Binary package hint: update-manager

mysql could not start because the partition the data files were on was not mounted. No biggy.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-manager None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/update-manager.list]
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/update-manager.list] failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

From your log file:
=====
Preparing to replace mysql-server-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1 (using .../mysql-server-5.0_5.0.67-0ubuntu6_i386.deb) ...

 * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld

   ...done.

 * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld

   ...done.

df: `/var/lib/mysql/.': No such file or directory

df: no file systems processed

ERROR: There's not enough space in /var/lib/mysql/

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.67-0ubuntu6_i386.deb (--unpack):

 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

 * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld

   ...done.

df: `/var/lib/mysql/.': No such file or directory

df: no file systems processed

 * /etc/init.d/mysql: ERROR: The partition with /var/lib/mysql is too full!

invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.

dpkg: error while cleaning up:

 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

=====

It seems that /var/lib/mysql has been removed. Could you please describe the steps you've followed to upgrade.

Thanks.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Sorry, I've read your comment in the description too fast.

Affecting to mysql-dfsg-5.0 . The script should check for the existence of the destination directory before trying to install the package.

Thanks for your time.