[debian-mysql] Bug#981376: Bug#981376: mariadb-server-10.3: Conflicting MariaDB instance config

[Otto Kekäläinen]

Hello!

I am about to upload MariaDB 10.3.29 to Debian in the near future.

If you have a suggestion on how to fix this issue, I'd appreciate if
you submit your suggestion as a Merge Request at
https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-10.3 (or for 10.5 at
https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-10.5).

Since we inherit the systemd file from upstream, you could also in
addition (or instead) file an issue upstream or even submit a PR to
fix it at https://github.com/mariadb/server


On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 at 05:24, Jörg Delker <joerg at delker.de> wrote:
>
> Am 30.01.2021 um 23:57 schrieb Otto Kekäläinen:
> > Hello!
> >
> > We are using the same mariadb at .service as upstream ships. It has not
> > been customized for Debian, so maybe you want to file this upstream?
>
> Hmm... Debian's bug guidelines deprecate that explicitly, saying that an
> issue shall not be posted here and upstream.
>  From the README.Debian I understood, that the packages provided by
> mariadb.org and Debian differ quite significantly and shall not be
> mixed. Maybe the instance-service works just fine in their environment...?
>
> > The directory /etc/mysql/conf.d/*.cnf has and always will be included
> > when parsing configuration for every server. If there is a server
> > instance that needs its own config, it should reside at some other
> > location, where other instances will not read it.
>
> I would generally agree to that. I'm not saying, that an instance must not include /etc/mysql/conf.d/*.cnf,
> but if the instance service definition has it's "own config" hard-coded to that directory, it becomes part of any other service instance by default.
>  From my understanding this renders the provided mariadb at .service competely unusable.
>
> In fact, there are several more glitches in that service, which do not work properly with a dedicated instance.
> That begins with a colliding /run dir and goes on with the invocation of the debian-start script, which operates on the main server, rather than the instance.
>


-- 
- Otto