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.