On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 04:39:23PM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: > I just tried to upgrade mysql-server which replaces 4.1 with 5.0. The > upgrade aborts because there are supposedly MyISAM files and so I should > reinstall 4.1 to fix them then try the upgrade again. > > The problem is that mysql-server-4.1 *depends* *on* mysql-server-5.0 > (which doesn't make any sense) so apt-get won't let me reinstall 4.1. > > What should I do now? > Hi Rick, Just a point of information: on my sid system: mysql-server-5.0 REPLACES mysql-server-4.1 AND CONFLICTS with it also. Have you check this in the bts: #345895 [FIXED mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.0.18-6]: warn on upgrade if ISAM tables are present #396657: mysql-server-5.0 fails to start when upgrading it today #385214: mysql-server-5.0: database upgrade from 4.1 to 5.0 doesn't seem to work right I used 'reportbugs mysql-server-5.0' to read these. -Kev ----------------------------- kevin@sarge:~/Desktop$ apt-cache show mysql-server-5.0 Package: mysql-server-5.0 Priority: optional Section: misc Installed-Size: 65904 Maintainer: Christian Hammers <ch@debian.org> Architecture: i386 Source: mysql-dfsg-5.0 Version: 5.0.26-2 Replaces: mysql-server (<< 5.0.26-2), mysql-server-4.1 Provides: mysql-server, virtual-mysql-server, mysql-server-4.1 Depends: mysql-common (>= 5.0.26-2), mysql-client-5.0 (>= 5.0.26-2), libdbi-perl, perl (>= 5.6), libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1-12), libmysqlclient15off (>= 5.0.24-2), libncurses5 (>= 5.4-5), libreadline5 (>= 5.2), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1-12), libwrap0, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, adduser (>= 3.40), psmisc, passwd, lsb-base (>= 3.0-10) Recommends: mailx Suggests: tinyca Conflicts: mysql-server (<< 5.0.26-2), mysql-server-4.1 Filename: pool/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.26-2_i386.deb Size: 25010524 MD5sum: a7379bce95873311c34e8eb6d3c44477 SHA1: ae3e55af6a0edad0af8364ce356f79ebfb6557fe SHA256: 48dac8b11fcf5b17592dcf68657638305c4892b289739e40e5f6258915adf832 Description: mysql database server binaries MySQL is a fast, stable and true multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. SQL (Structured Query Language) is the most popular database query language in the world. The main goals of MySQL are speed, robustness and ease of use. . This package includes the server and ndb-cluster binaries. ----------------------------- -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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