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mariadb-5.5 package

  1. Bug #1457356
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 1457356

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Tamás Baráth (tamas-barath) 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

I am trying to reproduce it.
The dialog's caption: Configuring mariadb-server-5.5
The dialog said:"
MariaDB is a drop-in replacement for mysql. It will use your current configuration file (my.cnf) and current databases.

Note that MariaDB has some enhanced features, which do not exist in MySQL and thus migration back to MySQL might not always work, at least not as automatically as migrating from MySQL to MariaDB.

Really migrate to MariaDB?
"
And the Yes/No chooser.
And if you choose no it will broke the apt.

I reproduced it in a test vm (will send steps soon).

After "sudo apt-get remove "mariadb-*" and for reinstall I tried:
First "apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-server-5.5 mariadb-client-5.5 mariadb-client", this showed the same dialog as above, I pressed no, then "sudo apt-get remove "mariadb-*" again.
Then "apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client" is the same as newly installed (asks root pw) and then the "really migrate" dialog, I pressed yes.
I tried again the "sudo apt-get remove "mariadb-*" and "apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-server-5.5 mariadb-client-5.5 mariadb-client" method, and packages installed without any question.