Re: Should I go ahead with the full-upgrade

2009-11-10 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 11:12:02PM +0100, Raven 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 packa

Re: Should I go ahead with the full-upgrade

2009-11-09 Thread Omar Campagne
I like a constant upgrade, but still enjoy a stable system. On testing you may have to wait for the new stuff, but eventually, you'll get it, and with some serious bugs already fixed. It's not like waiting in stable for a new release to happen, so if I were you, I'll stick with testing, and keep w

Re: Should I go ahead with the full-upgrade

2009-11-09 Thread H.S.
Raven wrote: > Hi all. > This is a production server running debian testing. It's been a while and > I wanted to update the system. Unfortunately it seems that some packages > are BROKEN: What happens if you just do "safe-upgrade" instead of "full-upgrade"? -- Please reply to this list only.

Re: Should I go ahead with the full-upgrade

2009-11-09 Thread Steve Reilly
Raven wrote: > Hi all. > This is a production server running debian testing. It's been a while and > I wanted to update the system. Unfortunately it seems that some packages > are BROKEN: your braver than i am. thats the reason why noone should *ever* use testing on a production machine. does it

Should I go ahead with the full-upgrade

2009-11-09 Thread Raven
Hi all. This is a production server running debian testing. It's been a while and I wanted to update the system. Unfortunately it seems that some packages are BROKEN: The following packages are BROKEN: mysql-client-5.1 php5-geoip php5-imagick php5-suhosin php5-xcache The following NEW packages w