Comment 2 for bug 617237

Hi Peter,

can you try manually *installing* the package, if you haven't cleared apt's cache, then you can do

dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.1_5.1.41-3ubuntu12.3_i386.deb

Otherwise, download it with

wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.1/mysql-server-5.1_5.1.41-3ubuntu12.3_i386.deb

Then

dpkg -i mysql-server-5.1_5.1.41-3ubuntu12.3_i386.deb

It should replace all of its files, and then allow upgrading/removing.

Marking Incomplete, you can change it back to New if that doesn't work for you.

Setting Importance to High as this may prevent automated upgrades if it is in fact a bug.