New comment by Johnnynator on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/29297#issuecomment-828677096 Comment: Actually this should be kinda fixed. Major upgrades require that people manually stop mysql/mariadb and run `mysql_upgrade`, which is clearly documented from upstream. The INSTALL script was changed to not install the initial db that often. Stopping and running `mysql_upgrade` automatically could imo cause more harm than good.