There might be a need for distribution checking tool. This tool would check for packages from older distributions that deemed obsolete (for example I had still qtcups and cipe hanging around), also configuration files in /etc and other locations. It would look for .rpmsave and .rpmnew files. For each of these problems it could offer a way to fix it or retain it as it is. I have the feeling that a lot of the problems with upgrading is those files from earlier distributions interfering.
I think there is also a problem of stale gconf keys. For example I had at some time several keys of the same name, but the one with a "-" in it, the other with a "_". Is there a way to clean up the gconf database?
On May 19, 2004, Gerard Milmeister gemi@bluewin.ch wrote:
This tool would check for packages from older distributions that deemed obsolete
up2date --show-orphans
It would look for .rpmsave and .rpmnew files.
locate .rpmsave
locate .rpmnew
That said, having firstboot run that after an upgrade and ask the user what to do sounds like a reasonable idea. Where's the patch? :-)