[debian-mysql] Bug#797004: Bug#797004: mysql-server 5.5.44-0+deb8u1 not installable on fresh install of Stretch

[Randy]

On Wednesday, August 26, 2015 11:06:32 PM you wrote:
> Downgrading from MariaDB 10.0 or MySQL 5.6 back to old MySQL 5.5 isn't
> supported and in many cases impossible.
> 
> If you want to do that, then purge the old installation so that there
> are no configs or databases of the new format left behind, and then
> install MySQL 5.5. from scratch.

I was not aware that MariaDB had superceeded mysql.  Will try reinstalling it 
as it was removed to install mysql.

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