[debian-mysql] Bug#870200: Could start it with --skip-grant-tables

[oxi at gehirnspen.de]

Good evening,

the problem persists, but I can start the database with 
sudo /usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-grant-tables --general-log

and afterwards execute mysql_upgrade without it throwing an error.

The downside is that it does not change anything. I still cannot install mariadb-server-10.1 without the error I metioned.

Would it help to purge the package completly and reinstall the tables from the backup?

Harald