I understand the back and forth between the packages responsibility here. In fact I was involved in a similar problem for ntp that was discussed here:
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1689585/comments/7 - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1689585/comments/12 Bluntly applying the same to this case it would be a change to mariadb that would do something like - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1689585/comments/13 TL;DR: - if anything it would be the job of dh_appamor - for security reasons it is intentionally not unloaded - conflicting packages (rare edge cases) should NOT fix it by unloading on remove/purge - conflicting packages (rare edge cases) should fix it by unloading in pre-inst if needed ** Changed in: mariadb-10.1 (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => New ** Changed in: mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Also affects: apparmor (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: apparmor (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1806263 Title: MariaDB 10.1 server won't start when MySQL 5.7 server has been previously installed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apparmor/+bug/1806263/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs