[debian-mysql] Bug#914215: mariadb-server-10.1: does not start when /var/lib or /var/log is a symbolic link to another filesystem

[Ph. Etienne]

Package: mariadb-server-10.1
Version: 10.1.37-0+deb9u1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

mysql-server doesn't start when /var/lib/ or /var/log are symbolically
linked to another filesystem.
The only way to start mysql is to ling these directories in the same
filesystem or to have no symbolic link.


*** /tmp/reportbug-mariadb-server-10.1-20181120-24650-f68yya9u
Subject: mariadb-server-10.1: does not start when /var/lib or /var/log is a symbolic link to another filesystem
Package: mariadb-server-10.1
Version: 10.1.37-0+deb9u1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

mysql-server doesn't start when /var/lib/ or /var/log are symbolically
linked to another filesystem.
The only way to start mysql is to ling these directories in the same
filesystem or to have no symbolic link.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.6
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.14.32-xxxx-grs-ipv6-64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968), LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages mariadb-server-10.1 depends on:
ii  adduser                   3.115
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]     1.5.61
ii  galera-3                  25.3.19-2
ii  gawk                      1:4.1.4+dfsg-1
ii  init-system-helpers       1.48
ii  iproute2                  4.9.0-1+deb9u1
ii  libaio1                   0.3.110-3
ii  libc6                     2.24-11+deb9u3
ii  libdbi-perl               1.636-1+b1
ii  libpam0g                  1.1.8-3.6
ii  libstdc++6                6.3.0-18+deb9u1
ii  libsystemd0               232-25+deb9u6
ii  lsb-base                  9.20161125
ii  lsof                      4.89+dfsg-0.1
ii  mariadb-client-10.1       10.1.37-0+deb9u1
ii  mariadb-common            10.1.37-0+deb9u1
ii  mariadb-server-core-10.1  10.1.37-0+deb9u1
ii  passwd                    1:4.4-4.1
ii  perl                      5.24.1-3+deb9u4
ii  psmisc                    22.21-2.1+b2
ii  rsync                     3.1.2-1+deb9u1
ii  socat                     1.7.3.1-2+deb9u1
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.8.dfsg-5

Versions of packages mariadb-server-10.1 recommends:
ii  libhtml-template-perl  2.95-2

Versions of packages mariadb-server-10.1 suggests:
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]  8.1.2-0.20160123cvs-4
pn  mariadb-test       <none>
pn  netcat-openbsd     <none>
pn  tinyca             <none>

-- debconf information:
  mariadb-server-10.1/old_data_directory_saved:
  mariadb-server-10.1/postrm_remove_databases: false
  mariadb-server-10.1/nis_warning:


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.6
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.14.32-xxxx-grs-ipv6-64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968), LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages mariadb-server-10.1 depends on:
ii  adduser                   3.115
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]     1.5.61
ii  galera-3                  25.3.19-2
ii  gawk                      1:4.1.4+dfsg-1
ii  init-system-helpers       1.48
ii  iproute2                  4.9.0-1+deb9u1
ii  libaio1                   0.3.110-3
ii  libc6                     2.24-11+deb9u3
ii  libdbi-perl               1.636-1+b1
ii  libpam0g                  1.1.8-3.6
ii  libstdc++6                6.3.0-18+deb9u1
ii  libsystemd0               232-25+deb9u6
ii  lsb-base                  9.20161125
ii  lsof                      4.89+dfsg-0.1
ii  mariadb-client-10.1       10.1.37-0+deb9u1
ii  mariadb-common            10.1.37-0+deb9u1
ii  mariadb-server-core-10.1  10.1.37-0+deb9u1
ii  passwd                    1:4.4-4.1
ii  perl                      5.24.1-3+deb9u4
ii  psmisc                    22.21-2.1+b2
ii  rsync                     3.1.2-1+deb9u1
ii  socat                     1.7.3.1-2+deb9u1
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.8.dfsg-5

Versions of packages mariadb-server-10.1 recommends:
ii  libhtml-template-perl  2.95-2

Versions of packages mariadb-server-10.1 suggests:
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]  8.1.2-0.20160123cvs-4
pn  mariadb-test       <none>
pn  netcat-openbsd     <none>
pn  tinyca             <none>

-- debconf information:
  mariadb-server-10.1/old_data_directory_saved:
  mariadb-server-10.1/nis_warning:
  mariadb-server-10.1/postrm_remove_databases: false