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. > -- > 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
