Ok guys, sorry for the noise. It was indeed this stupid Zend code thing which was once installed on this server (and got not cleanly uninstalled later on), this thread points to the solution:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=876252 I guess one cannot do anything on Debian's / Ubuntu's side to issue a warning, but hey, at least you're now aware of the issue ;) Thanks again for your time, Thomas. -- mysqldump doesn't pick up /etc/mysql/my.cnf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/342578 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to mysql-dfsg-5.0 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs