[debian-mysql] Bug#844048: mysql-common: Fails to install when conffile /etc/mysql/my.cnf.fallback is removed

[Andreas Beckmann]

Control: tag -1 pending

On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 21:59:38 -0300 Felipe Sateler <fsateler at debian.org>
wrote:
> As subject says. Error is:
> 
> update-alternatives: error: alternative path /etc/mysql/my.cnf.fallback doesn't exist

It's a strange use case ... but mysql-common shouldn't fail to install
in that case.

> Perhaps preinst should recreate it before running update-alternatives?
> If not desired, maybe it can suggest how to fix the issue (dpkg
> --force-confask)

Since packages are supposed to respect local modifications to conffiles
(including deletion), I'm not trying to restore that file.

We will just skip setting up an alternative pointing to the missing file
(leaving the system with possibly no my.cnf or a dangling symlink,
unless there is another provider of that alternative installed).


Andreas