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We've been updating MariaDB from version 10.5 to version 10.6 following the first tow steps of the recomendations: 1. Install new version, while still retaining the old one 2. Upgrade services one by one, like described later in the document (e.g with mysql_upgrade_service). It is recommeded to have services cleanly shut down before the upgrade. 3. Uninstall old version when previous step is done.
We were looking into performing step 3, but halted when we noticed that certain configurations still refrered to the Maria Db 10.5 installation folder. These references were found in the my.ini file (path to Data folder and path to plugin folders) and also in the Windows service (Executable is the 10.6 folder, but is starts with parameter with my.ini in 10.5 folder)
I would expect, following the reccomendations, that these settings would be updatet too. We are now reluctant of removing the old version, before knowing what changes to configrations must be made prior to the removal
Can anyone clarify on this?