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Upgrade to mysql-server-5.1 fails

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Peter Terpstra

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May 25, 2010, 1:11:39 PM5/25/10
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Dear readers,
I tried to upgrade mysql-server-5.0 to mysql-server-5.1 but this fails.
And now?

This is the error I get from aptitude:

Setting up mysql-server-5.1 (5.1.46-1) ...
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.1 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up libhtml-template-perl (2.8-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
mysql-server-5.1
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up mysql-server-5.1 (5.1.46-1) ...
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.1 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
mysql-server-5.1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done

Debian version is 5.0.4

Kind Regards,

Peter

Peter Terpstra

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May 25, 2010, 1:28:12 PM5/25/10
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Peter Terpstra in <8198875.hSmTKtgW7R@dharma> :


> Upgrade to mysql-server-5.1 fails

just remove skip-bdb from /etc/mysql/my.cnf

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