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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Why upgrades are not simpler?
Date: 5 Jan 1997 01:19:53 GMT
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reyes01@ibm.net wrote:

> Why is it that upgrading a FreeBSD system can't be done without the user
> losing configurations or files? Will it always be like this? 

It's because nobody ever completed a more complete and better upgrade
structure.

Consider this an official ``job offer'' if you like. :)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)