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   Tito Swineflu (tito_swineflu@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Sep-2026 05:25:38 JST Tito Swineflu

   God damn it. Every time ubuntu's auto-update touches mysql, it completely nukes it and I have to back out, delete it and re-install. It's infuriating.

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     Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) (kingrat@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Sep-2026 05:25:38 JST Philip Weiss (Phil in SF)

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     @tito_swineflu why not pin it?

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     Tito Swineflu (tito_swineflu@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Sep-2026 05:31:13 JST Tito Swineflu

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     • Philip Weiss (Phil in SF)

     @kingrat How do I do that?
     Every time this happens, I'm like, "I should figure out how to stop this from happening," but then I have to spend an hour or two remembering how to rebuild mysql with no root password and never get around to it.

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     Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) (kingrat@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Sep-2026 05:38:06 JST Philip Weiss (Phil in SF)

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     @tito_swineflu

     sudo apt-mark hold <package-name>

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     Tito Swineflu (tito_swineflu@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Sep-2026 05:38:48 JST Tito Swineflu

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     • Philip Weiss (Phil in SF)

     @kingrat thanks.

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     Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) (kingrat@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Sep-2026 05:43:27 JST Philip Weiss (Phil in SF)

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     @tito_swineflu I wish there was a way to allow for non-breaking changes automatically, like python package management does. ~3.8.0 in python package management allows version upgrades to 3.8.1, 3.8.2 etc. i've never found the equivalent in apt.

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     Tito Swineflu (tito_swineflu@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Sep-2026 05:50:55 JST Tito Swineflu

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     • Philip Weiss (Phil in SF)

     @kingrat It'd also be nice if the generic upgrade/update just worked. I don't have a modified mysql, it's just the basic install, but it breaks every time. It hangs on restarting mysql, and I just don't want to deal with trying to untangle that giant ball of yarn.