I have confirmed this for hardy. The bug has been addressed upstream by http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=34461. It has not been added to intrepid yet because it has not be merged yet. It is a simple one liner patch, which I have attached to the bug report.
TEST CASE: To reproduce it, you have to do the following: 1. Set your hostname to localhost. 2. Install the mysql packages from the repository. 3. In your /var/log/syslog you should see the following: Installation of my system tables failed! 4. Try logging in with mysql -u root -p 5. You should not be able to connect. !!! WARNING - You should probably do this in a virtual machine just in case. The patch does resolve the issue. If you have any questions please let me know. Thanks chuck ** Attachment added: "Patch that fixes the issue." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14348154/93_fix_user_setup_on_localhost.dpatch -- user table setup fails if hostname is "localhost" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223836 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to mysql-dfsg-5.0 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