[debian-mysql] Bug#843520: Bug#843520: [akonadi-server] Fails to start after mysql upgrade

[Robie Basak]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 01:14:00PM +0100, Sandro Knauß wrote:
> well if I understand the ERROR correctly - mysqld complains about the missing 
> directory /var/libs/mysql-files. Does this directory exits?

It's provided by mysql-server-5.x. Since akonadi doesn't use that
package (using mysql-server-core-5.x directly), it's reponsible for
creating an alternate directory inside its own structure, parallel to
its equivalent of /var/lib/mysql.

This is an unfortunate consequence of the MySQL security update that
requires it. aknoadi packaging needs to be updated to do this (or alter
its MySQL configuration to not need it, etc).

We should have picked up that this change was required in akonadi
packaging before pushing the security update, and I've already
apologised for that and suggested how we might work together to pick it
up in advance next time. But akonadi packaging does still need to be
updated whichever way.
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