In the version of mariadb I have I see this: rpm -q mariadb-server --filesbypkg | grep run mariadb-server /run/mariadb
so if that is not in the new version then it must be missing from the rpmbuild file. On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > This follows a problem I reported in [email protected] list > > http://lists.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2026-January/416391.html > I know, the subject was truncated... > > My problem is that mariadb server fails to start. I found the cause to be a > missing directory /run/mariadb. > Looking further it seems that an important file is missing: > 2026-01-16 1:29:26 0 [ERROR] mariadbd: Can't create/write to file > '/run/mariadb/mariadb.pid' (Errcode: 13 "Permission denied") > 2026-01-16 1:29:26 0 [ERROR] Can't start server: can't create PID > file: Permission denied > It says 'Permission denied' but I see that the directory '/run/mariadb/' > itself does not exist. Creating it resolved the issue. > It should be created by a tmpfiles configuration. > > $ dnf list installed mariadb-server > Installed packages > mariadb-server.x86_64 3:10.11.15-1.fc42 updates > > $ dnf provides '*/mariadb.conf' > mariadb-server-3:10.11.11-1.fc42.x86_64 : The MariaDB server and related files > Repo : fedora > Matched From : > Filename : /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/mariadb.conf > Filename : /usr/lib/sysusers.d/mariadb.conf > > So the older 10.11.11 includes a tmpfiles conf file but not 10.11.15. > > $ dnf repoquery -ql mariadb-server-3:10.11.11-1.fc42.x86_64|grep \.conf > /usr/lib/sysusers.d/mariadb.conf > /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/mariadb.conf > > $ dnf repoquery -ql mariadb-server-3:10.11.15-1.fc42.x86_64|grep \.conf > /usr/lib/sysusers.d/mariadb10.11.conf > > Is this a packaging issue or am I missing another configuration file (or > package)? > > TIA > > -- > Eyal at Home ([email protected]) > > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
