Ubuntu
mysql-dfsg-5.1 package

  1. Bug #522185
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 522185

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Nicolas Connault (nicolasconnault) wrote : Re: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.37-1ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

I can confirm that David's solution works.

> sudo killall mysqld
> sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop
> apt-get upgrade