[debian-mysql] Bug#776494: mariadb-server-10.0: fails to install: preinst: line 49: this_version: command not found

[Andreas Beckmann]

Package: mariadb-server-10.0
Version: 10.0.16-1~exp1
Severity: serious
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: piuparts

Hi,

during a test with piuparts I noticed your package failed to install. As
per definition of the release team this makes the package too buggy for
a release, thus the severity.

  Selecting previously unselected package mariadb-server-10.0.
  (Reading database ... 9103 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../mariadb-server-10.0_10.0.16-1~exp1_amd64.deb ...
  /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 49: this_version: command not found
  dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/mariadb-server-10.0_10.0.16-1~exp1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
   subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 127
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/mariadb-server-10.0_10.0.16-1~exp1_amd64.deb


cheers,

Andreas