FS#47795 - Mariadb: File conflict at /var/lib/mysql

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by David Wheeler (dwheeler) - Saturday, 16 January 2016, 19:49 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Sunday, 17 January 2016, 05:17 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Upgrading mariadb resulted in the following error:
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
mariadb: /var/lib/mysql exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

On this particular system, /var/lib/mysql is a symlink. File conflicts during upgrades have not been a problem before the commit c25ead11e8b2f937f7556109b55c1ca698e862ab that was made on 2015-11-23.
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Sunday, 17 January 2016, 05:17 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  Don't replace managed dirs with symlinks.

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