Public bug reported: $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 9.10 Release: 9.10 Codename: karmic
$ uname -a Linux ubuntu 2.6.28-16-server #55-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 20 20:37:10 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ apt-cache policy mysql-common mysql-common: Installed: 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 Candidate: 5.1.37-1ubuntu5 Version table: 5.1.37-1ubuntu5 0 500 http://mirror.optus.net karmic/main Packages *** 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status I was trying to install mailutils on karmic and it failed when installing mysql-common. $ sudo apt-get install mailutils Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libmailutils2 libmysqlclient15off mysql-common Suggested packages: mailutils-mh The following NEW packages will be installed: libmailutils2 libmysqlclient15off mailutils The following packages will be upgraded: mysql-common 1 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 129 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/3,389kB of archives. After this operation, 8,462kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? (Reading database ... 20233 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace mysql-common 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 (using .../mysq l-common_5.1.37-1ubuntu5_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement mysql-common ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-common_5.1.37-1ubuntu5_all. deb (--unpack): unable to stat `./usr/share/mysql-common' (which I was about to install): Stale NFS file handle Selecting previously deselected package libmysqlclient15off. Unpacking libmysqlclient15off (from .../libmysqlclient15off_5.1.30really5.0.83-0 ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libmailutils2. Unpacking libmailutils2 (from .../libmailutils2_1%3a2.0+dfsg1-2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package mailutils. Unpacking mailutils (from .../mailutils_1%3a2.0+dfsg1-2_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-common_5.1.37-1ubuntu5_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) When I try to remove mysql-common, I also get errors. $ sudo dpkg -P mysql-common (Reading database ... 20357 files and directories currently installed.) Removing mysql-common ... dpkg: error processing mysql-common (--purge): failed to delete '/usr/share/mysql-common/internal-use-only/_etc_mysql_debian-start.dpkg-tmp': Stale NFS file handle Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-common ** Affects: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- [karmic] mysql-common fails to install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/462962 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to mysql-dfsg-5.1 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs