On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 11:12:02PM +0100, Raven <ra...@vp44.net> was heard to say: > What I wanted to know is if aptitude, when removing "mysql-server-5.0", > keeps the data files and makes them available in v5.1.
I can't tell you the answer to that because aptitude does not make that decision; the mysql package does. In my past experience, database servers leave the database on the system (some of them ask and default to keeping it). But I'm not a database expert and I know particularly little about mysql. If you're really worried, I'd suggest taking a test machine, installing mysql 5.0 and storing some data in it, then upgrading to 5.1 and seeing whether the data is kept. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org