WARNING:DO NOT UPGRADE TO CORE 4

[Guy Fraser]

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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