WARNING:DO NOT UPGRADE TO CORE 4

Jeffrey Lee jeff at reflex8.com
Sat Jul 16 19:03:35 UTC 2005


Does this affect fresh installs? I am about to do a fresh install of  
core 4 on a machine and then copy data over from a rh9 install

On Jul 16, 2005, at 1:59 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote:

> Tony Nelson wrote:
>
>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> Or maybe he does this to save time.  It's only a few extra  
>> commands to a
>> *nix expert (though I'd need time to figure it out):  tar, mkdir,  
>> tar, and
>> diff.  Should be faster than troubleshooting it instead.
>>
>
> Are there actually any config files under /home
> which are affected by installing or upgrading?
> Which user do they belong to?
>
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