Guy Fraser wrote: >> > 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. I see that I have 325 files in .kde/share/config/ alone , many if not most of which are presumably altered when using a system for a long time. Do you really go through all these each time a new version of Fedora comes out? As I said, you must have lots of free time. -- 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
