[debian-mysql] Bug#798743: mysql-server: routine upgrade (to 5.5.44-0+deb8u1) makes server unusable

[Janusz S. Bień]

Package: mysql-server
Version: 5.5.44-0+deb8u1
Severity: important
Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.44-0+deb8u1) ...
Job for mysql.service failed. See 'systemctl status mysql.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-5.5 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
 mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.5; however:
  Package mysql-server-5.5 is not configured yet.

 systemctl status mysql.service
● mysql.service - LSB: Start and stop the mysql database server daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/mysql)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2015-09-12 10:02:46 CEST; 39s ago
  Process: 27296 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/mysql start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Sep 12 10:02:46 cauda mysql[27296]: Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed!
Sep 12 10:02:46 cauda systemd[1]: mysql.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Sep 12 10:02:46 cauda systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Start and stop the mysql database server daemon.
Sep 12 10:02:46 cauda systemd[1]: Unit mysql.service entered failed state.


journalctl -xn
-- Logs begin at Sat 2015-09-12 06:06:14 CEST, end at Sat 2015-09-12 10:03:07 CEST. --
Sep 12 10:03:02 cauda gnome-session[1921]: (gnome-shell:2536): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x6001400016 not in stack
Sep 12 10:03:02 cauda gnome-session[1921]: (gnome-shell:2536): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x6001400016 not in stack
Sep 12 10:03:02 cauda gnome-session[1921]: (gnome-shell:2536): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x6001400016 not in stack
Sep 12 10:03:05 cauda minissdpd[769]: 23 new devices added
Sep 12 10:03:07 cauda gnome-session[1921]: (gnome-shell:2536): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x6001400016 not in stack
Sep 12 10:03:07 cauda gnome-session[1921]: (gnome-shell:2536): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x6001400016 not in stack
Sep 12 10:03:07 cauda gnome-session[1921]: (gnome-shell:2536): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x6001400016 not in stack
Sep 12 10:03:07 cauda gnome-session[1921]: (gnome-shell:2536): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x6001400016 not in stack
Sep 12 10:03:07 cauda gnome-session[1921]: (gnome-shell:2536): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x6001400016 not in stack
Sep 12 10:03:07 cauda gnome-session[1921]: (gnome-shell:2536): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x6001400016 not in stack


The bug reminds the still open 682232, the fix provided by Moritz Schüpp
doesn't work for me.

Best regards

Janusz


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.2
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.16-3-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages mysql-server depends on:
ih  mysql-server-5.5  5.5.44-0+deb8u1

mysql-server recommends no packages.

mysql-server suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

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Prof. dr hab. Janusz S. Bien -  Uniwersytet Warszawski (Katedra Lingwistyki Formalnej)
Prof. Janusz S. Bien - University of Warsaw (Formal Linguistics Department)
jsbien at uw.edu.pl, jsbien at mimuw.edu.pl, http://fleksem.klf.uw.edu.pl/~jsbien/