redhat-config-packages bugs
Gerry Tool
gstool at earthlink.net
Sat Sep 27 16:05:10 UTC 2003
On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 07:02, Lamar Owen wrote:
> One thing you have to watch out for in the clean reinstall
> case is if you move your home directory back in with a newer version of some
> things that store configuration in home. I had a pretty severe problem once
> (I think it was with a home that had gotten touched by the pre-7.3 beta
> series) going to RHL 8.0. Had to completely wipe .kde out and reconfigure
> KDE from scratch. But that is just what a beta tester has to be aware of --
> betas can and do break your system. Let the tester beware! So far my home
> directory has survived in mostly unmangled form since Red Hat Linux 4.2.
I got tired of that worry, so now I keep all my home directory "data" on
a separate /data partition and place a link to it in my actual home
directory. My "actual home directory" then contains only that link and
any config data the system puts there. Before new install or upgrade, I
copy all the "actual home directory" config stuff to a directory in
/data called something like "oldconfig" so that I can restore any of it
that I think is useful after a new install. Then on a new install I
simply write over the old stuff or on an upgrade, delete all the config
stuff from the home directory and start the install/upgrade.
This is also convenient for sharing the files in /data among various
versions I'm running/testing.
This is not my original idea - I copied it from someone else on one of
these lists. It has worked great through a number of installs.
Gerry Tool
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