[debian-mysql] Bug#685072: mysql-server-5.5: upgrade broke mysql installation

[Piotr Kopszak]

Package: mysql-server-5.5
Version: 5.5.24+dfsg-5
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,
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   * What led up to the situation?
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
downgrade to mysql-server-core-5.5=5.5.24+dfsg-5
   * What was the outcome of this action?
installation still broken
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
working mysql as before upgrade
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (600, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=pl_PL.utf8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 depends on:
ii  adduser                3.113+nmu3
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.44
ii  initscripts            2.88dsf-22.1
ii  libc6                  2.13-33
ii  libdbi-perl            1.622-1
ii  libgcc1                1:4.7.1-2
ii  libstdc++6             4.7.1-2
ii  lsb-base               4.1+Debian7
ii  mysql-client-5.5       5.5.24+dfsg-6
ii  mysql-common           5.5.24+dfsg-6
ii  mysql-server-core-5.5  5.5.24+dfsg-6
ii  passwd                 1:4.1.5.1-1
ii  perl                   5.14.2-12
ii  psmisc                 22.19-1

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 recommends:
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]      8.1.2-0.20111106cvs-1
ii  libhtml-template-perl  2.91-1

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 suggests:
pn  tinyca  <none>

-- debconf information:
  mysql-server/error_setting_password:
  mysql-server-5.5/postrm_remove_databases: false
  mysql-server-5.5/nis_warning:
  mysql-server-5.5/really_downgrade: false
  mysql-server-5.5/start_on_boot: true
  mysql-server/password_mismatch:
  mysql-server/no_upgrade_when_using_ndb: