Bug#843520: [debian-mysql] Bug#843520: [akonadi-server] Fails to start after mysql upgrade

2016-11-10 Thread Robie Basak
On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 02:25:59PM +0100, Sandro Knauß wrote: > > It's provided by mysql-server-5.x. Since akonadi doesn't use that > > package (using mysql-server-core-5.x directly), it's reponsible for > > creating an alternate directory inside its own structure, parallel to > > its equivalent

Bug#843520: [debian-mysql] Bug#843520: [akonadi-server] Fails to start after mysql upgrade

2016-11-10 Thread Sandro Knauß
Hey, > It's provided by mysql-server-5.x. Since akonadi doesn't use that > package (using mysql-server-core-5.x directly), it's reponsible for > creating an alternate directory inside its own structure, parallel to > its equivalent of /var/lib/mysql. thanks for this information, okay that sounds

Bug#843520: [debian-mysql] Bug#843520: [akonadi-server] Fails to start after mysql upgrade

2016-11-10 Thread Robie Basak
On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 01:14:00PM +0100, Sandro Knauß wrote: > well if I understand the ERROR correctly - mysqld complains about the missing > directory /var/libs/mysql-files. Does this directory exits? It's provided by mysql-server-5.x. Since akonadi doesn't use that package (using

Bug#843520: [debian-mysql] Bug#843520: [akonadi-server] Fails to start after mysql upgrade

2016-11-10 Thread Sandro Knauß
Hey, > In terms of a fix in mysqld, I'm not sure what we could do. We can > revert the behaviour change (IIRC upstream left us a build-time option > for this purpose), but AFAIK this would leave users vulnerable. well if I understand the ERROR correctly - mysqld complains about the missing

Bug#843520: [debian-mysql] Bug#843520: [akonadi-server] Fails to start after mysql upgrade

2016-11-07 Thread Robie Basak
On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 02:47:56PM +0100, Maximiliano Curia wrote: > >I think the mention of backports here was a mistake - the submitter > >specifies that the problem happened when upgrading to 5.5.53-0+deb8u1 > >which was a security update. > > Ups, it seems that I misread the version. No

Bug#843520: [debian-mysql] Bug#843520: [akonadi-server] Fails to start after mysql upgrade

2016-11-07 Thread Maximiliano Curia
Control: clone -1 -2 Control: reassign -2 akonadi 1.13.0-2+deb8u1 Control: reopen -2 Control: tag -2 + help newcomer patch Scott Kitterman pointed me that the kubuntu akonadi packages include a patch for the global-mysql.conf file:

Bug#843520: [debian-mysql] Bug#843520: [akonadi-server] Fails to start after mysql upgrade

2016-11-07 Thread Dominic Hargreaves
On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 01:15:29PM +, Robie Basak wrote: > On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 01:10:49PM +0100, Maximiliano Curia wrote: > > This is a bug in the backports version of mysql. A backports version > > shouldn't break applications in stable. I'll reassign the issue to the mysql > > packages.