cannot start mariadb after update

https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/40736/mariadb-service-dont-start-permission-denied/

you have to give ownership permissions to the mysql user of the logging directory/location: do

sudo chown mysql:mysql /var/log/mariadb -chR

followed by

sudo systemctl restart mariadb.service && sudo systemctl status mariadb.service

https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/40736/mariadb-service-dont-start-permission-denied/