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mariadb-5.5 package

  1. Bug #1457356
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 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

If you in the dialog "Really migrate to MariaDB?" choose the option "No" it will bail out from dpkg and abort the installation. This is by design - you are not supposed to get MariaDB installed if you choose "No".

This method of aborting has been around in MySQL packaging for a long time. For example if you had MySQL 5.1 installed and then installed MySQL 5.0 you would see a similar screen asking for confirmation and if you selected "No" then the dpkg process would be aborted.