rc5->rc7 SQL Update failed. and no password failure

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I'm upgrading from rc5, and there are no apparent changes in the CSV INSTAL file for docs/Debian for the Update section.

Everything seems to run okay until:

11. Start the engine update:
# perl ispcp-update

I used:
(6) ispCP OMEGA 1.0.0 RC5

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DEBUG: push_el() sub_name: store_conf(), msg: Ending...
DEBUG: push_el() sub_name: patch_ispcp_rc5(), msg: Ending...
DEBUG: push_el() sub_name: patch_ispcp_rc6(), msg: Starting...
Upgrading database structure...DEBUG: push_el() sub_name: get_file(), msg: Starting...
DEBUG: push_el() sub_name: get_file(), msg: Ending...
DEBUG: push_el() sub_name: store_file(), msg: Starting...
DEBUG: push_el() sub_name: setfmode(), msg: Starting...
DEBUG: push_el() sub_name: setfmode(), msg: Ending...
DEBUG: push_el() sub_name: store_file(), msg: Ending...
DEBUG: push_el() sub_name: sys_command(), msg: Starting...
sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
DEBUG: push_el() sub_name: sys_command(), msg: ERROR: External command '/usr/bin/mysql --host="localhost" -u"root" -p"insert-garbled-gook-here" < /tmp/db.sql' returned '2' status !
failed!
SQL Update failed.

Any suggestions? Stock Debian etch box with all updates.