mariadb-10.6-server fails

[jasimon9]

Some background: every few months, my mariadb-10.6-server refuses to run. I am using that version because it is the version installed on our company servers.

The normal workaround is as follows:

• sudo port install mariadb-10.6-server
• this installation always fails
• however mysqld is now running as seen in the proceslist

As I said this happens every few months, without any change to my system that I can see a pattern.

This time is cannot get past the issue because it has occurred after updating to macOS 13.6.9. After that installation, mariadb has been removed from the system, as indicated by not showing up in port installed.

I have tried to re-install mariadb-10.6 server several times after performing the following steps:

• upgrade MacPorts
• sudo port upgrade outdated

I get the error message and log details that are posted in the comment.