The database scripts in /etc/bacula after building app-backup/bacula-1.38.5 create version 7 tables, while 1.38.5 requires version 9. bacula-1.36.3-r2 requires version 8 tables, but has the same scripts. I had to dig out update_mysql_tables_7_to_8 and *_8_to_9 from the Bacula tarball.
Ensuring app-backup doesn't lose any bugs.
AFAIK, you don't need the _X_to_Y scripts anymore. There should be an update_<db>_tables script that JustWorks(TM).
Re-assigning to herd wrt Bug 98505. Remove labmonkey from metadata.xml please.
Only 1.36.3-r2 and 2.0.3 left in the tree. If this is still an issue w/ 2.0.3, feel free to reopen this bug.