I had the same error when trying to switch mysql-client and mysql-server
from 5.5 to 5.6 (to version 5.6.28-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) by doing aptitude
install mysql-server-5.6.
I found this in /var/log/syslog:
Feb 22 10:47:53 esxh mysqld_safe[5421]: 2016-02-22 10:47:53 5420 [Note] InnoDB:
5.6.28
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: mysql-5.6 (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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update. Tried again. This time it suggested that I run apt-get install -f.
If it had done that before, I missed it. Sorry. Here is the entire output.
$ sudo apt-get install -f
[sudo] password for tlm:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information...
** Tags removed: need-duplicate-check
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1400592
Title:
package mysql-server-5.6 5.6.19-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 failed to
install/upgrade:
