did that 7 phases earlier here is the FULL output from that command string systemctl restart mariadb.service && mariadb-upgrade -u root -p Enter password: Phase 1/7: Checking and upgrading mysql database Processing databases mysql mysql.column_stats OK mysql.columns_priv OK mysql.db OK mysql.event OK mysql.func OK mysql.gtid_slave_pos OK mysql.help_category OK mysql.help_keyword OK mysql.help_relation OK mysql.help_topic OK mysql.host OK mysql.index_stats OK mysql.innodb_index_stats OK mysql.innodb_table_stats OK mysql.plugin OK mysql.proc OK mysql.procs_priv OK mysql.proxies_priv OK mysql.roles_mapping OK mysql.servers OK mysql.table_stats OK mysql.tables_priv OK mysql.time_zone OK mysql.time_zone_leap_second OK mysql.time_zone_name OK mysql.time_zone_transition OK mysql.time_zone_transition_type OK mysql.transaction_registry OK mysql.user OK Phase 2/7: Installing used storage engines... Skipped Phase 3/7: Fixing views Phase 4/7: Running 'mysql_fix_privilege_tables' Phase 5/7: Fixing table and database names Phase 6/7: Checking and upgrading tables Processing databases information_schema performance_schema webtrees webtrees.wt_block OK webtrees.wt_block_setting OK webtrees.wt_change OK webtrees.wt_dates OK webtrees.wt_default_resn OK webtrees.wt_families OK webtrees.wt_favorite OK webtrees.wt_gedcom OK webtrees.wt_gedcom_chunk OK webtrees.wt_gedcom_setting OK webtrees.wt_hit_counter OK webtrees.wt_individuals OK webtrees.wt_link OK webtrees.wt_log OK webtrees.wt_media OK webtrees.wt_message OK webtrees.wt_module OK webtrees.wt_module_privacy OK webtrees.wt_module_setting OK webtrees.wt_name OK webtrees.wt_news OK webtrees.wt_next_id OK webtrees.wt_other OK webtrees.wt_placelinks OK webtrees.wt_placelocation OK webtrees.wt_places OK webtrees.wt_session OK webtrees.wt_site_access_rule OK webtrees.wt_site_setting OK webtrees.wt_sources OK webtrees.wt_user OK webtrees.wt_user_gedcom_setting OK webtrees.wt_user_setting OK Phase 7/7: Running 'FLUSH PRIVILEGES' OK Could not create the upgrade info file '/var/lib/mysql/mysql_upgrade_info' in the MariaDB Servers datadir, errno: 13 On Fri, 28 Jun 2019 at 01:14, Emil Lundberg <lundberg.emil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Maybe this? > > > https://www.archlinux.org/news/mariadb-104x-update-requires-manual-intervention/ > > /Emil > > On Fri, 28 Jun 2019, 03:10 mick howe via arch-general, < > arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> this mornings update of mariadb failed with this error:- >> Phase 7/7: Running 'FLUSH PRIVILEGES' >> OK >> Could not create the upgrade info file '/var/lib/mysql/mysql_upgrade_info' >> in the MariaDB Servers datadir, errno: 13 >> >> what does it mean and how do I fix it >> >> mick, freezing in glen innes >> >