[debian-mysql] Bug#843520: mysql-server-5.5 cannot be automatically upgraded

[Jean Louis]

Package: mysql-server-5.5
Version: 5.5.53-0+deb8u1
Followup-For: Bug #843520

Dear Maintainer,

*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

   * What led up to the situation?

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrad

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

Starting or configuring mysql-server-5.5 hangs forever. System is broken.

   * What was the outcome of this action?

It hangs forever.

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

That it configures not that it breaks the system.

I see that several bugs have been filed and marked as RESOLVED, how
they can be resolved when it is happening over and over again.

Jean Louis

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.6
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-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
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 depends on:
ii  adduser                3.113+nmu3
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.56
ii  initscripts            2.88dsf-59
ii  libc6                  2.19-18+deb8u6
ii  libdbi-perl            1.631-3+b1
ii  libgcc1                1:4.9.2-10
ii  libstdc++6             4.9.2-10
ii  lsb-base               4.1+Debian13+nmu1
ii  mysql-client-5.5       5.5.53-0+deb8u1
ii  mysql-common           5.5.53-0+deb8u1
ii  mysql-server-core-5.5  5.5.53-0+deb8u1
ii  passwd                 1:4.2-3+deb8u1
ii  perl                   5.20.2-3+deb8u6
ii  psmisc                 22.21-2
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 recommends:
ii  libhtml-template-perl  2.95-1

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 suggests:
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]  8.1.2-0.20141216cvs-2
pn  tinyca             <none>

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