[debian-mysql] Bug#509681: [mysql-server] install FAILED, using aptitude: w/ [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: unknown option '--skip-federated'

[John M. Cullen]

Package: mysql-server
Version: 5.0.51a-19
Severity: serious

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I tried twice to install, no luck.

ocelot:/home/john# aptitude -vVf install mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information       
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done  
The following partially installed packages will be configured:
  mysql-server  mysql-server-5.0  
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 51 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.51a-19) ...
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
081224 11:38:54 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: unknown option '--skip-federated'

Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
 mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however:
  Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.0
 mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.51a-19) ...
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
 mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however:
  Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.0
 mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done             
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information      
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done  

Current status: 0 broken [+0], 51 updates [+0], 5268 new [+0].
ocelot:/home/john# 

ocelot:/home/john# uname -a
Linux ocelot 2.6.27.7-hou2.2-02.jmc64 #1 SMP Tue Nov 25 09:21:12 CST 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ocelot:/home/john# 

Then I tried this:

ocelot:/home/john# dpkg-reconfigure  mysql-server-5.0
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: mysql-server-5.0 is broken or not fully installed
ocelot:/home/john# 


Thanks,
John


--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.27.7-hou2.2-02.jmc64

Debian Release: 5.0
  990 testing         www.debian-multimedia.org 
  990 testing         security.debian.org 
  990 testing         ftp.us.debian.org 
  500 unstable        ftp.us.debian.org 
  500 testing-proposed-updates ftp.us.debian.org 
  500 stable          security.debian.org 
  500 stable          http.us.debian.org 
  500 stable          ftp.us.debian.org 
  500 proposed-updates http.us.debian.org 

--- Package information. ---
Depends               (Version) | Installed
===============================-+-===========
mysql-server-5.0                | 5.0.51a-19