On Wednesday 18 of May 2005 17:23, sean finney wrote: > - people often symlink the mysql datadir (/var/lib/mysql) and logdir > (/var/log/mysql) to somewhere else, such as /usr/local > - because these two directories are in the files.list of woody's > mysql server, upgrading to packages in sarge leads to the symlinks > being removed and replaced with empty directories.
I think the most cleanest solution would be to use dpkg diversion for the directory. It is possible but the /var/lib/dpkg/diversions file have to be modified by hand. I've beed reported with similar problem about /var/www -> /home/www symlink and the diversion was helpful. -- .''`. Piotr Roszatycki, Netia SA : :' : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] `. `' mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]