I'm attaching a debdiff that should resolve this problem and allow mythtv-database to silently fail if mysql-server isn't running. It will be the user's responsibility to reconfigure the database if this happens.
** Attachment added: "mythtv-database upgrade resolution patch" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4939357/mysqlfix.debdiff -- "Could not install the upgrades" - installArchives() failed https://launchpad.net/bugs/68400 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs