Re: Security Upgrade Overwrites MySQL Config
From: Roberto C. Sanchez (roberto_at_familiasanchez.net)
Date: 08/30/05
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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:41:56 -0400 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 11:34:50AM -0700, Donald Perkovich wrote:
> I have MySQL 4.1 running in Sarge. The other day I did a security
> upgrade on MySQL and it overwrote the server's my.cnf. The only
> change it made was to the basedir, but that was a huge change since the
> server was trying to use a non-existent database. After a little
> checking I discovered the problem and fixed it.
>
> Is there a way to prevent an upgrade from overwriting my config files?
> Or do I just have to be aware of the problem and check for it?
>
File a bug. A package upgrade should *never* silently overwrite your
configuration.
-Roberto
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