Thanks for taking the time to write a report. As you noticed, this was caused by a local configuration issue. As such, I am marking this bug as Invalid. Feel free to reopen it and provide more information if you think it is a real bug.
** Changed in: mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1916644 Title: package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/+bug/1916644/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs