On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 12:12:25 -0700, Scott <geekboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Distro upgrades have been ill-advised since day one (although it's > getting better). Personally I *never* do upgrades from one version to > another, regardless of OS. It's just so much cleaner (and easier in the > long run) to back up your files and do a fresh install. With the yum tools getting better, its actually pretty easy to clean things up now after an upgrade. You generally need to check for orphans (package-cleanup --orphans), dupes (package-cleanup --dupes) and incorrectly installed packages (rpm -Va), and config file changes (find /etc --type f '*.rpm*'). This can be easier than doing a fresh install followed by recustomization.
