[debian-mysql] Bug#922644: Bug#922644: mariadb-server-10.3: Unable to reinstall

[Janusz S. Bień]

On Fri, Feb 22 2019 at 17:09 +02, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
> The problem is:
> " Installation of system tables failed!"
>
> What if you uninstall/purge, clear /etc/mysql and /var/lib/mysql and try again?

I was already thinking about purging the package, but I would like to be sure
what is the risk. Is there a chance I will loose the database needed for
playing MythTV recording?

>
> What is the output of 'find /etc/mysql -ls' ?


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jsbien at VivoPC-D8:~$ find /etc/mysql -ls
  1050754      4 drwxr-xr-x   5 root     root         4096 Feb 18 20:19 /etc/mysql
  1052842      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          682 Nov 10  2015 /etc/mysql/mysql.cnf
  1062107      4 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         1620 Jan 18 21:04 /etc/mysql/debian-start
  1052990      4 -rw-------   1 root     root          333 Dec 13  2015 /etc/mysql/debian.cnf
  1050755      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          839 Sep  3  2015 /etc/mysql/my.cnf.fallback
  1050756      4 drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         4096 Jan 27 07:52 /etc/mysql/conf.d
  1050757      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root           55 Sep  3  2015 /etc/mysql/conf.d/mysqldump.cnf
  1050758      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root            8 Sep  3  2015 /etc/mysql/conf.d/mysql.cnf
  1050785      0 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           24 Sep 21  2015 /etc/mysql/my.cnf -> /etc/alternatives/my.cnf
  1056833      4 drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         4096 Feb 18 20:19 /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d
  1054306      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root         3719 Nov 25  2017 /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-server.cnf.old
  1062109      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root         3719 Jan  8 23:10 /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-server.cnf.dpkg-dist
  1053697      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root         1032 Jan 24  2017 /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-mysqld_safe.cnf
  1054307      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root         3737 Nov 25  2017 /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-server.cnf~
  1052733      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          336 Oct  2  2016 /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-mysql-clients.cnf
  1050452      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          733 Jul 31  2018 /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-client.cnf
  1053698      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root         3768 Feb  4 18:31 /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-server.cnf
  1573035      4 drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         4096 Nov 25  2017 /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d
  1573046      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root         3027 Nov 10  2015 /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
  1573401      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root         3046 Nov 25  2017 /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf.old
  1573397      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root         3027 Nov 25  2017 /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf.old~
  1573044      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root           21 Nov 10  2015 /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld_safe_syslog.cnf
  1049051      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          869 Oct  2  2016 /etc/mysql/mariadb.cnf
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I guess this is not relevant, but I made some experiments with
bind-address values; currently it is just 127.0.0.1.


Best regards

Janusz

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