This appears to be happening because of the " in the password.  It is
only a problem with debconf - I can use " (well, \") jsut fine using
mysqladmin -h localhost -u root -p password 46937HE.\"$/ZIawxRFH294


** Changed in: mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: High => Medium

** Changed in: mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Also affects: debconf (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn) => (unassigned)

** Information type changed from Private to Public

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  debconf failed to set mysql5-5 root passphrase

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