Comment 3 for bug 589297

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Ben Stoltz (benstoltz) wrote : Re: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.1 failed to install/upgrade: Le paquet est dans un état incohérent - vous devriez le réinstaller avant d'essayer de le supprimer.

Same hang here. Installation is hung.

$ uname -a
Linux bubbles 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 28 13:28:05 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall mysql-server-5.1
[sudo] password for stoltz:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/7,103kB of archives.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 165988 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.1 (using .../mysql-server-5.1_5.1.41-3ubuntu12.1_amd64.deb) ...
^Z
$ jobs -l
[1]+ 16265 Stopped sudo apt-get install --reinstall mysql-server-5.1
$ bg
$ pstree -p 16265 -l
apt-get(16265)───dpkg(16294)───frontend(16303)───mysql-server-5.(16311)───stop(16312)