[debian-mysql] Bug#789589: Bug#789589: Bug#789589: mariadb-server-10.0: Infinite upgrade

[Otto Kekäläinen]

2015-07-03 1:14 GMT+03:00 Otto Kekäläinen <otto at seravo.fi>:
> Basically what you Yuril did was removed all configuration and data
> files, and then installed. For some reason the mysqld daemon did not
> start on your system, and the failure became visible during an upgrade
> where the system restarts the service.

I've tested running the upgrade with different scenarios and everything works.

Basically, if you ever get into such a situation again, please try to
debug the exact reason why mysqld refuses to start. Best tip is to
look at the /var/log/mysql/error.log

You can always purge your installation along with any configs and
original binary data, and then import a database dump into a fresh
installation, but that is not recommended. Surely it should be
possible to pinpoint why mysqld does not start (and thus why dpkg
hangs at the service restart step).