Public bug reported: There's a recently issued security update for MySQL to updates libmysqlclient18 mysql-common from V5.5.28 to V5.5.29
Any attempt to install that caused MariaDB to be removed from my system. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: libmariadbclient18 mariadb-client mariadb-client-5.5 mariadb-client-core-5.5 mariadb-server mariadb-server-5.5 mariadb-server-core-5.5 The following packages will be upgraded: libmysqlclient18 mysql-common 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 7 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/943 kB of archives. After this operation, 100 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? I've fixed it for the moment by using aptitude forbid-version libmysqlclient18=5.5.29 and aptitude forbid-version mysql-common=5.5.29 There's also no repo available for Quantal, I'm still using the MariaDB repo for Precise. Machine is Viglen MPC-L running Quantal with a 3.2.0-35-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP kernel. ** Affects: maria (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1103924 Title: Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal MySQL update breaks MariaDB To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/maria/+bug/1103924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs