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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!EU.net!Ireland.EU.net!maths.tcd.ie!maths.tcd.ie!not-for-mail From: dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie (David Malone) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why upgrades are not simpler? Date: 7 Jan 1997 12:41:48 -0000 Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Lines: 12 Message-ID: <5atgac$9ar@gosset.maths.tcd.ie> References: <5akno1$ras$1@news-s01.ca.us.ibm.net> <5amvjp$q75@uriah.heep.sax.de> <5as228$37j@uuneo.neosoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gosset.maths.tcd.ie Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33757 conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) writes: >Why not simply upgrade binaries and sources *only*, leaving /etc, /var, >/home, /dev untouched? After all, we *are* talking about an upgrade, not >a brand new install, so it should be safe to assume that a reasonable >configuration already exists. A "make diff" for the etc files would be very useful ( a la innd ), I'm not sure how difficult to set one up would be. I'm planning a 2.1.6->2.2 upgrade when 2.2 is ready, so I might have a look then. David.