Let me start of by saying I haven't actually ran mysql in a year via rcconf, and had it on hold in aptitude to save wasted downloading. However upon moving from sid to experimental, I decided to clear all holds.
>> When we upgrade we are greeted with this screen that mentions setting >> a mysql root password. NT> You should not get asked for a password during an upgrade. From which NT> version did you upgrade to 5.1.30-2? Was it 5.1.30-1, or a 5.0 release? /var/log/aptitude: [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libmysqlclient16 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] mysql-client-5.1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] mysql-server-5.1 [REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] mysql-client-5.0 [REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] mysql-server-5.0 [UPGRADE] mysql-client 5.0.51a-13 -> 5.1.30-2 [UPGRADE] mysql-server 5.0.51a-13 -> 5.1.30-2 # grep upg.*mysql /var/log/dpkg.log 2008-12-31 00:07:01 upgrade mysql-common 5.0.75-1 5.1.30-2 2008-12-31 00:57:52 upgrade mysql-client 5.0.51a-13 5.1.30-2 2008-12-31 00:57:53 upgrade mysql-server 5.0.51a-13 5.1.30-2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
