[debian-mysql] Bug#682232: Bug#682232: mysql-server-5.5: Fails to upgrade squeeze -> wheezy, does not start

[Mark Kamichoff]

Hi - 

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <ajk at debian.org> wrote:
> Package: mysql-server-5.5
> Version: 5.5.24+dfsg-4
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> During an upgrade from squeeze to wheezy, I got this:
> 
> Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.24+dfsg-4) ...
> [ ok ] Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
> [FAIL] Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed!
> invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
> dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.5 (--configure):
>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> 
> Indeed, starting manually fails as well:
> 
> # /etc/init.d/mysql start
> [FAIL] Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed!
> #

This also appears to affect a fresh install of mysql-server-5.5, too,
with an empty /var/lib/mysql directory.

- Mark

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