[debian-mysql] Bug#800009: Workaround found

[Matijs van Zuijlen]

After some more digging, I realized it is not required for root to have no
password; it just needs to *also* have privileges granted when identified via
unix socket. I executed the following as the root user:

    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED VIA unix_socket;

Startup and automatic upgrade proceeded normally after that.

I still believe the MariaDB installation should check and correct this.

Regards,
-- 
Matijs

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