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mariadb-5.5 package

  1. Bug #1457356
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 1457356

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Otto Kekäläinen (otto) wrote : Re: package mariadb-server-5.5 5.5.41-1ubuntu0.14.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

Just to make sure, I just tested by installing mariadb-server 5.5.36-1 from the universe repository, and then enabled universe-updates repository and ran 'apt-get upgrade'. It upgraded to mariadb-server 5.5.43-1ubuntu0.14.04.2. I chose 'yes' in the dialog and everything went fine.

The actual bug here is that the dialog asking to if the admin wants to migrate forward should not be shown on a minor version upgrade. I believe it has been fixed in Debian for a long time ago and I need to check what is the status of backporting it into Trusty. I Debian we should maybe even stop showing that dialog at all since it does not seem to bring any actual benefit. Few admins read or understand the dialog anyway.