[debian-mysql] Bug#747203: mysql-server-5.5: "dpkg-reconfigure -u mysql-server-5.5" ignores the unseen option and prompts for password

[Ian Kelling]

Package: mysql-server-5.5
Version: 5.5.37-0+wheezy1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,
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   * What led up to the situation?
I upgraded mysql server. It asked me about setting a password, or leave the
field blank to keep the current password.
I left it blank. I ran "dpkg-reconfigure -u mysql-server-5.5" which should only
ask me things I haven't seen before.
However, it asks me over and over unless I set a new password.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.5
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.13-0.bpo.1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (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]  1.5.49
ii  initscripts            2.88dsf-41+deb7u1
ii  libc6                  2.13-38+deb7u1
ii  libdbi-perl            1.622-1
ii  libgcc1                1:4.7.2-5
ii  libstdc++6             4.7.2-5
ii  lsb-base               4.1+Debian8+deb7u1
ii  mysql-client-5.5       5.5.37-0+wheezy1
ii  mysql-common           5.5.37-0+wheezy1
ii  mysql-server-core-5.5  5.5.37-0+wheezy1
ii  passwd                 1:4.1.5.1-1
ii  perl                   5.14.2-21+deb7u1
ii  psmisc                 22.19-1+deb7u1
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.7.dfsg-13

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>

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