[debian-mysql] Bug#1127431: akonadi-server: After upgrading mariadb to 11.8.6 in Unstable akonadi fails to start

[Ben Morris]

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> Subject: Re: [MariaDB developers] Latest MariaDB 11.8.6 crashes Akonadi
> To:  MariaDB developers <developers at lists.mariadb.org>
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> A similar crash was reported internally as
> https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-38811, but this report requires
> querying information schema under skip-grant-tables. Can it be something
> that Akonadi would do?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Elena Stepanova

The answer to that seems to be "yes".

The crashing query is recorded in mysql.err, and it begins with "SELECT 
information_schema".

My ~/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf contains the following:

 > # Do not use the privileges mechanisms
 > skip_grant_tables

(And I didn't add that myself - I would guess it's copied from 
/etc/xdg/akonadi/mysql-global.conf.)