[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] removed mariadb 10.1.27 from [testing]

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On Tue, 2017-09-26 at 23:06 +0200, Christian Hesse wrote:
> ...
> We tried to upgrade to MariaDB 10.2.6, which ended in a disaster. The
> client
> library has been renamed from libmysqlclient to libmariadb and it has
> seen
> structural changes for data types. Programs fail to link or - if they
> do
> link - crash or misbehave, including data corruption.
> 
> I do not see any way to upgrade any time soon. IMHO data structures
> have to
> be made opaque in favor of accessing data via functions.
> 

Thanks - so it's clear - are you saying that the recommended method of
running[1] mysql_upgrade does not in fact work properly?


[1] https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/upgrading-from-mariadb-101-to-mar
iadb-102/



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