[Bug 1287424] Re: Cannot install mysql-workbench with mysql-server 5.6 or mariadb

[Rolf Leggewie]

** Description changed:

  mysql-workbench depends on mysql-client, which is currently at 5.5, so
  it won't install with mysql-server 5.6 installed:
  
  apt-get install mysql-workbench
  ...
  The following packages have unmet dependencies:
-  mysql-workbench : Depends: mysql-client
+  mysql-workbench : Depends: mysql-client
  E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
  
  apt-get install mysql-client:
  ...
  The following packages have unmet dependencies:
-  mysql-client : Depends: mysql-client-5.5 but it is not going to be installed
+  mysql-client : Depends: mysql-client-5.5 but it is not going to be installed
  E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: mysql-workbench (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-14.34-generic 3.13.5
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-14-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Mar  4 07:38:08 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-08 (23 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140207)
  ProcEnviron:
-  LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
-  TERM=xterm
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
+  TERM=xterm
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: mysql-workbench
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
+ 
+ 
+ SRU DOCUMENTATION
+ 
+ [IMPACT]
+ mysql-workbench as the default GUI cannot be installed on systems where the maintainer either opted to use mysql 5.6 or mariadb.
+ 
+ [TEST CASE]
+ Install mariadb-client and try to add mysql-workbench.  Aptitude will not allow this and you will be forced to revert to mysql-client version 5.5 or abort the installation of mysql-workbench.
+ 
+ [REGRESSION POTENTIAL]
+ There is some potential for regression here since we are dropping a depends to a recommends.
+ 
+ Debian upstream did this exact change in version 6.2.3+dfsg-7 of the
+ package so it seems unlikely this would be improper.  Nonetheless, there
+ should be some testing done to verify there is no obvious breakage by
+ running the GUI.
+ 
+ I tried to do some code inspection but grepping for mysql (the command
+ that would be called) was too generic to be useful.

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  Cannot install mysql-workbench with mysql-server 5.6 or mariadb

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