# apt-get -o DPkg::Options::="--force-confmiss" --reinstall install mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
mysql-server
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/56.1kB of archives.
After this operation, 94.2kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server.
(Reading database ... 34681 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.0.51a-24+lenny5_all.deb) ...
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.51a-24+lenny5) ...
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.0.postinst: line 144: /etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however:
Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
mysql-server-5.0
mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
# dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-5.0
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: mysql-server-5.0 is broken or not fully installed