[debian-mysql] Bug#688792: syntax error

[Ross Boylan]

On Sun, 2012-10-21 at 23:28 -0700, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> Hi. I've just experienced this problem on a fresh wheezy install using
> the beta3 installer. The installation was performed using the netboot
> image (that is, PXE and downloading the installer components from a TFTP
> server) on a physical, non-virtual host.
> 
> I haven't put in a lot of time to investigate, but one thing I have
> observed is that if I try to install mysql-server-5.5 on a freshly
> installed system that has the 'desktop' task installed, the installation
> fails. However, if I build a similar system but leave off the 'desktop'
> task, the mysql installation is successful. Obviously there are a lot of
> packages involved in the desktop task, so I'm not sure how much this
> help to narrow things down. It definitely appears repeatable, however.
> 
> Since this problem does impact the ability to install the mysql server
> packages on a common system configuration, I think a severity of at
> least 'important' is warranted. Honestly I think 'grave' would be
> appropriate, as I don't think it'd be reasonable to release wheezy with
> this bug in place.
That sounds more serious than what I experienced, which was that there
was an error in the log but mysql 5.5 at least appears to be functioning
properly.

I did an upgrade, not a fresh install, and it was in a minimalist
chroot.  It's possible that whatever the offending package is was not on
my chroot system.

Ross