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  2. MDEV-19934

Replacing MySQL's mysql-common can further break MariaDB configuration

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      As noted in MDEV-19933, modern Debians/Ubuntus have MySQL's my.cnf installed via alternatives:

      drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 15  2018 conf.d
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   24 May 15  2018 my.cnf -> /etc/alternatives/my.cnf
      -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  839 Aug  3  2016 my.cnf.fallback
      

      The following admittedly convoluted chain of events can break MariaDB configuration:

      • while MySQL's mysql-common is still there, install MariaDB's mysql-common instead – explicitly, because it doesn't get pulled as a dependency:

        ii  mysql-common                  1:10.3.16+maria~stretch        all          MariaDB database common files (e.g. /etc/mysql/my.cnf)
        

        The cnf file remains as it was, both the alternative and the symlink:

        drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 20  2017 conf.d
        lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   24 Jun 20  2017 my.cnf -> /etc/alternatives/my.cnf
        -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5264 Jun 14 18:25 my.cnf.dpkg-new
        -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  839 Jul  9  2016 my.cnf.fallback
        

      • Remove and purge mysql-common. It removes the alternative, but keeps the symlink:

        buildbot@debian-9-stretch-amd64:~$ ls -l /etc/mysql/
        total 8
        lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   24 Jun 20  2017 my.cnf -> /etc/alternatives/my.cnf
        -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5264 Jun 14 18:25 my.cnf.dpkg-new
        buildbot@debian-9-stretch-amd64:~$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/my.cnf 
        lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Jun 20  2017 /etc/alternatives/my.cnf -> /etc/mysql/my.cnf.fallback
        buildbot@debian-9-stretch-amd64:~$ ls -l /etc/mysql/my.cnf.fallback
        ls: cannot access '/etc/mysql/my.cnf.fallback': No such file or directory
        

      • install mariadb-server. It installs mysql-common again as a dependency, but doesn't replace the broken symlink

        buildbot@debian-9-stretch-amd64:~$ ls -l /etc/mysql/
        total 28
        drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul  2 18:30 conf.d
        -rw------- 1 root root  333 Jul  2 18:30 debian.cnf
        -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1525 Jun 14 18:25 debian-start
        -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  527 Jun 14 18:25 mariadb.cnf
        drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 14 22:41 mariadb.conf.d
        lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   24 Jun 20  2017 my.cnf -> /etc/alternatives/my.cnf
        -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5264 Jun 14 18:25 my.cnf.dpkg-new
        buildbot@debian-9-stretch-amd64:~$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/my.cnf
        lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Jun 20  2017 /etc/alternatives/my.cnf -> /etc/mysql/my.cnf.fallback
        buildbot@debian-9-stretch-amd64:~$ ls -l /etc/mysql/my.cnf.fallback
        ls: cannot access '/etc/mysql/my.cnf.fallback': No such file or directory
        

        So, no configuration is enabled at all – neither the contents of mariadb.conf.d nor conf.d, thus no plugins etc.

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            serg Sergei Golubchik
            elenst Elena Stepanova
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