[Bug 644095] [NEW] dbconfig shouldn't attempt to configure a database when no database server is available

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Binary package hint: phpmyadmin

I used Ubuntu Software Center to install phpmyadmin expecting it to
install mysql. When installing mysql I expected the setup to ask for a
password for the root mysql user, it didn't. As a result, it seems that
phpmyadmin wasn't able to create the database that it wanted to create
during installation. I tried to uninstall phpmyadmin, that also failed
when an attempt to remove the (non-existent) phpmyadmin database failed.

I opened a term and entered:

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

The installation asked for a root password for mysql.

I then entered:

sudo apt-get remove phpmyadmin

to try to clean up, and finally entered:

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

Which installed phpmyadmin and set it up with apache2.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: phpmyadmin 4:3.3.7-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
AptOrdering: phpmyadmin: Remove
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Sep 21 14:22:51 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta i386 (20100901.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: phpmyadmin
Title: package phpmyadmin 4:3.3.7-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

** Affects: dbconfig-common (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Triaged


** Tags: apport-package i386 maverick
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dbconfig shouldn't attempt to configure a database when no database server is available
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/644095
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