Bug#848616: mysql_install_db creates unusable root user

2017-01-25 Thread Dominik George
> > as the deadline for uploading any affected packages for stretch is > > approaching, something really needs to be done. > > I hear this is fixed in mariadb-10.1, see #851131. Can you test again on an > up-to-date sid? Hopefully python3-testing.mysqld can be updated now. Yep, works, thanks! -n

Bug#848616: mysql_install_db creates unusable root user

2017-01-24 Thread Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 13:21:03 +0100 Dominik George wrote: > Hi, > > as the deadline for uploading any affected packages for stretch is > approaching, something really needs to be done. I hear this is fixed in mariadb-10.1, see #851131. Can you test again on an up-to-date sid? Hopefully python3-te

Bug#848616: mysql_install_db creates unusable root user

2017-01-12 Thread Dominik George
Hi, as the deadline for uploading any affected packages for stretch is approaching, something really needs to be done. This bug makes mariadb unfit as a drop-in replacement for mysql, and fixing it would mean a simple build config change for the maintainers. Doing so would result in mostly everyo

Bug#848616: mysql_install_db creates unusable root user

2016-12-18 Thread Christian Hofstaedtler
Package: mariadb-server-10.0 Version: 10.0.28-2 Severity: serious mysql_install_db fails to create a working root user when run as non-root or maybe with a custom datadir. This is serious because various packages use this to set up a temporary mysqld to test themselves. Repro steps: ch@d:~ % mkt