The problem seems to be in mysql-server-5.0.preinst line 123, which is assuming that destination doesn't exist. This is as you can see not true.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/mysql-upgrade$ ls -lah /var/lib/ | grep mysql lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2007-04-13 23:00 mysql -> /db/mysql drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4,0K 2007-03-18 22:05 mysql-cluster drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4,0K 2007-12-29 16:15 mysql-upgrade $ ls -lah /var/lib/mysql* | grep mysql lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2007-04-13 23:00 /var/lib/mysql -> /db/mysql /var/lib/mysql-cluster: /var/lib/mysql-upgrade: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2007-12-29 16:15 DATADIR.link -> /db/mysql $ ls -lh /db | grep mysql drwxr-xr-x 38 mysql mysql 4,0K 2007-12-29 16:24 mysql -- Witold Baryluk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

