Re-installing FC5

[Tod Merley]

On 9/4/06, Timothy Murphy <tim at birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
> Dean S. Messing wrote:
>
> > : How do you know which files in /etc to copy to your new system?
> >
> > Over the years I've disciplined myself to do the following to
> > each and every system file I alter for the first time:
> >
> > cp -p system_file system_file_tag
> >
> > where "tag" is a tag identifying the OS.  For FC5 I use (surprise)
> > "FC5".  Then when I am about to do a fresh install of the next rev I
> > issue as root:
> >
> > # /etc/cron.daily/mlocate.cron
> > # locate '_FC5' | grep '_FC5$'
> >
> > The result on my freshly installed three week old FC5 machine gives:
> >
> >   /boot/grub/grub.conf_FC5
> >   /etc/fstab_FC5
> >   /etc/group_FC5
> >   /etc/inittab_FC5
> >   /etc/ld.so.conf_FC5
> >   /etc/logrotate.conf_FC5
> >   /etc/modprobe.conf_FC5
> >   /etc/mozpluggerrc_FC5
> >   /etc/ntp.conf_FC5
> >   /etc/passwd_FC5
> >   /etc/sysctl.conf_FC5
> >   /etc/X11/xorg.conf_FC5
> >   /etc/cron.daily/+grimreaper_FC5
> >   /etc/cron.daily/+tmpwatch_FC5
> >   /etc/fonts/fonts.conf_FC5
> >   /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc_FC5
> >   /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac_FC5
> >   /etc/rc.d/rc.local_FC5
> >   /etc/ssh/sshd_config_FC5
> >   /root/.bashrc_FC5
> >   /usr/include/magick/image.h_FC5
> >   /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.13/res/fonts/fontEncoding.properties_FC5
> >   /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/browse-url.el_FC5
> >
> > which are files I've modified already.
>
> But what about files that are changed by applications,
> eg CUPS, httpd, xorg.conf, mysql?
> Of course one can go through all the initializations again.
> But it seems to me to mean that one is taking quite a lot more time
> to install afresh than to upgrade.
>
> I do see the advantages of a fresh install;
> but there are a several advantages in the opposite direction too.
> I don't think anyone should say one or the other is "better".
>
>
> --
> Timothy Murphy
> e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
> tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
> s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
>
> --
> fedora-list mailing list
> fedora-list at redhat.com
> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
>

Hi Timothy Murphy!

There are reasons one would choose each.  The needs of the system
should drive what we do.

Cheers!

Tod