On Sat, 2005-16-07 at 13:32 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Guy Fraser wrote:
>> Also consider the possibility that it might make more sense
>> to keep /home on a separate partition, and leave this alone even if
>> installing.
> That can and does cause problems as well.
>
> Using old configuration files can and does cause lots of
> problems when the software that uses them is updated, that
> includes to user level config files in the home directories.
>
> Unless the update process has a way of updating all the configuration
> files under /home it is better to tar it up and store it
> somewhere. You can restore it in an alternate location and
> move the files that don't exist after the upgrade then use diff
> to determine what needs to changed in with the files that are left.
>
> That is basically what I do when I upgrade a server.
You must have lots of spare time on your hands.
No, not really. Using diff and other command line 'filters',
it doesn't take too long to find necessary changes.
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