On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 04:20:27AM +0000, Duncan wrote: > """ > Note that existing databases will need converted as well, > again including those upgrading from 5.0 to 5.1. > Details can be found in the official upgrade docs at: > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/upgrade.html > """ _may_ need to be converted, not _will_.
> If you wish to put the unofficial upgrade recommendation in too, that > would be fine. That would encourage users not to read the above document. > Hopefully that'll cover us users that don't particularly care about > databases, we just want our kde to work... and it'll continue to do so. > =:^) (IOW, are there any particularly different procedures for upgrading > databases in user's $HOME dirs? - If you're using embedded MySQL (Amarok), you're going to be on your own. - If you actually ran mysqld as your own user (Akonadi w/ internal MySQL instance), use the mysql_upgrade with suitable parameters to connect to the database (as to what those are, you're the one running it, not me). > Perhaps a note for kde users telling them where their databases are > located so they /can/ back them up, etc.) I've got no idea where they are located, I just focus on MySQL itself. I wasn't even aware of Akonadi's usage until a couple of weeks ago. -- Robin Hugh Johnson Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead E-Mail : robb...@gentoo.org GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85
