[mythtv-users] mysql 5.1 -> 5.5 upgrade

[Robin Gilks]

Greetings all

Gentoo have just put mysql-5.5 into the stable tree which updates from
mysql-5.1.70 to mysql-5.5.39.

The upgrade page at mysql
 http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/upgrading-from-previous-series.html
recommends dumping all tables and then restoring them after the upgrade.

Is this really necessary? It's not something I've had to do in the past
and this box has been running for over 5 years now starting from version
5.0.70!

Cheers

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Robin Gilks