[debian-mysql] Bug#852267: upgrading mariadb-server-10.0 to mariadb-server-10.1 removed it instead of upgrading

[Andreas Beckmann]

Control: block -1 with 851980

On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 22:50:00 +0200 =?UTF-8?B?T3R0byBLZWvDpGzDpGluZW4=?=
<otto at debian.org> wrote:
> 2017-01-23 19:09 GMT+02:00 Jean-Marc <jean-marc at 6jf.be>:
> > I'll try to simulate it by installing dolibarr on a Debian Jessie and upgrading it to testing.
> >
> > I'll keep you posted.
> 
> Thanks for your help! I cannot possibly test all the upgrade scenarios
> people might have out there, so it is very good if you can get to the
> bottom of this.

I expect that the upgrade behavior improves once mariadb-10.0 is gone
from testing (and mysql-5.6 needs to go away as well).
>From what I observed apt does not easily switch from package A to
package B if A still has an installation candidate. Once that is gone, A
is more likely a candidate for removal.


Andreas