On Tue, 2017-09-26 at 23:06 +0200, Christian Hesse wrote: > ... > We tried to upgrade to MariaDB 10.2.6, which ended in a disaster. The > client > library has been renamed from libmysqlclient to libmariadb and it has > seen > structural changes for data types. Programs fail to link or - if they > do > link - crash or misbehave, including data corruption. > > I do not see any way to upgrade any time soon. IMHO data structures > have to > be made opaque in favor of accessing data via functions. > Thanks - so it's clear - are you saying that the recommended method of running[1] mysql_upgrade does not in fact work properly? [1] https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/upgrading-from-mariadb-101-to-mar iadb-102/ -- Gene lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx