Comment 0 for bug 1210380

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude upgrade
and then the failure. I suspect this is a timing issue rather than an outright bug.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: mysql-server-5.5 5.5.32-0ubuntu0.12.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-38.59~precise1-generic 3.5.7.17
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug 8 21:19:48 2013
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
Logs.var.log.daemon.log:

MarkForUpload: True
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqld.safe.syslog.cnf:
 [mysqld_safe]
 syslog
MySQLVarLibDirListing: ['phpmyadmin', 'ib_logfile1', 'ibdata1', 'debian-5.5.flag', 'performance_schema', 'test', 'ib_logfile0', 'mysql', 'mysql_upgrade_info']
SourcePackage: mysql-5.5
Title: package mysql-server-5.5 5.5.32-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)