• Thom A - Tuesday, May 8, 2018 3:42 PM

    I just noticed that the comments at the bottom of the documentation for SQL Server on Linux is awash with this error at the moment on Ubuntu 18.04: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/quickstart-install-connect-ubuntu?view=sql-server-linux-2017#next-steps. Seems that Microsoft are working on the fix, however, no ETA at this time.

    This does, honestly, surprise me; considering how big they want to push the Linux releases. You expect a software vendor as big as Microsoft to have tested on future releases and worked on fixes ahead of time; or at least have a prepared ETA. The Alpha was released for 18.04 in Jan, and the Beta in March. I'd of thought that some "techie" in Microsoft would have tested against those and seen them problem quite early on; perhaps not.

    I'll admit, it does make them look a little bad that they weren't ready for the next LTS version of Ubuntu. Non-LTS versions, fine (there's no point putting a large amount of effort into an OS version that's only supported by the vendor for 9 months), but you expect at least something in readiness for the full releases. It's almost like Oracle not having a working version of their RDBMS ready for Windows 10 when it came out.

    Hi Tom,
    I'm doing something wrong, the LXD installation of the SQL Server is failing, can you share the configs please?
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