While reviewing I noticed that the latest upload 1:11.8.9+ds-3 seems
to trigger installation errors visible in autopkgtest results for
multiple packages.
Of the failures I saw, Tango has the best logging in
https://ci.debian.net/packages/t/tango/testing/amd64/75882039/#S4
...
62s Setting up tango-db (10.3.3+dfsg1-2)…
62s I: tango-db and mariadb running on the same hosts
62s Determining localhost credentials from /etc/mysql/debian.cnf:
failed (no upgrade section).
62s dbconfig-common: writing config to /etc/dbconfig-common/tango-db.conf
62s Creating config file /etc/dbconfig-common/tango-db.conf with new version
62s Creating config file /var/lib/tango/.my.cnf with new version
63s checking privileges on database tango for tango@localhost: user
creation needed.
63s granting access to database tango for tango@localhost: success.
63s verifying access for tango@localhost: success.
63s creating database tango: success.
63s verifying database tango exists: success.
63s populating database via sql... done.
63s dbconfig-common: flushing administrative password
...
66s autopkgtest [18:42:14]: test starter-basic: [-----------------------
66s systemd-+-Starter---2*[{Starter}]
66s |-agetty
66s |-dbus-daemon
66s |-dhcpcd-+-dhcpcd---4*[dhcpcd]
66s | `-2*[dhcpcd]
66s |-mariadbd---14*[{mariadbd}]
66s |-sshd
66s |-systemd-journal
66s `-systemd-logind
89s systemd-+-Starter---2*[{Starter}]
89s |-agetty
89s |-dbus-daemon
89s |-dhcpcd-+-dhcpcd---4*[dhcpcd]
89s | `-2*[dhcpcd]
89s |-mariadbd---14*[{mariadbd}]
89s |-sshd
89s |-systemd-journal
89s `-systemd-logind
89s Tango exception
89s Severity = ERROR
89s Error reason = API_CorbaException
89s Desc : TRANSIENT CORBA system exception: TRANSIENT_ConnectFailed
89s Origin : void Tango::Connection::connect(const std::string&) at
(./lib/cpp/src/client/Connection.cpp:604)
89s
89s Tango exception
89s Severity = ERROR
89s Error reason = API_CantConnectToDatabase
89s Desc : Failed to connect to database on host ci-264-f2a855ea with
port 10000
...
In the logs at https://ci.debian.net/packages/r/roundcube/testing/amd64/75882031/#S12
and https://ci.debian.net/packages/m/mediawiki/testing/amd64/75881985/#S12
there isn't an explicit error visible at all about MariaDB, but both
fail to start up and connect to database, indicating that this MariaDB
update indeed is the issue. Otherwise, neither Roundcube nor Mediawiki
is failing in ci.debian.net otherwise.
We now need to either consider reverting this change, engineer some
backwards compatibility change, or review all dependent code and get
it updated in other packages?