[Bug 578183] Re: MySQL-5.0 cannot be removed, left in a very inconsistent state

[Rolf Leggewie]

closing as obsolete, sorry we did not get to it sooner

** Changed in: lsb (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  MySQL-5.0 cannot be removed, left in a very inconsistent state

Status in lsb package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: synaptic

  sudo dpkg --configure -a
  [sudo] password for deryj: 
  dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
   Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
   reinstall it before attempting configuration.
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   mysql-server-5.0
  =================
  Further attempt to reinstall:

  sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.0Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
    libnm-util0 libdns35
  Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
  Suggested packages:
    mysql-doc-5.0 tinyca
  Recommended packages:
    apparmor libhtml-template-perl mailx
  The following packages will be upgraded:
    mysql-server-5.0
  1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  1 not fully installed or removed.
  Need to get 27.4MB of archives.
  After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
  Get:1 http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/public mysql-server-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.5 [27.4MB]
  Fetched 27.4MB in 11min41s (39.0kB/s)                                          
  Preconfiguring packages ...
  (Reading database ... 116148 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to replace mysql-server-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4 (using .../mysql-server-5.0_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.5_lpia.deb) ...
  /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh: line 84: INITOUTPUT: unbound variable
  invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed.
  dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
  dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
  /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh: line 84: INITOUTPUT: unbound variable
  invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed.
  dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.5_lpia.deb (--unpack):
   subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
  /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh: line 84: INITOUTPUT: unbound variable
  invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed.
  /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh: line 84: INITOUTPUT: unbound variable
  invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
  dpkg: error while cleaning up:
   subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.5_lpia.deb
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: lpia
  Date: Mon May 10 05:37:06 2010
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
  ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Package: synaptic 0.61ubuntu9
  PackageArchitecture: lpia
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: synaptic
  Uname: Linux 2.6.24-27-lpia i686

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