[ale] re-installs versus upgrades [was: Re: X wants nvidia libraries]

[Bob Toxen]

The problem with re-installs is that all the tweaking I've done w.r.t.
accounts, programs in /usr/local/{bin,sbin}, and zillions of other
things would have to be redone at a huge time cost.

I'm doing THAT for my main server www.verysecurelinux.com and it is an
ongoing pain.

Bob

On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 02:38:38PM -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> On Fri 2008-01-11 08:39:10 -0500, David Tomaschik wrote:
> 
> > I don't know how often Mandriva releases new versions, but I can't
> > imagine reinstalling a system every few months.  I do have separate
> > /home partitions, so those would be preserved, but there's still a
> > lot of system configuration in /etc, installing packages, etc.  Good
> > to know about Mandriva.
> 
> Urg.  No kidding.  Reinstallation sucks, especially during the
> reconfiguration steps.  What did i change to get that MTA to do what i
> needed it to do again?
> 
> debian has me totally spoiled.  I've got machines i've been
> continuously upgrading for years, and it's a really smooth process
> that preserves all the work i put into configuring the systems in the
> first place.  Three cheers for rigorous policy mandating that Upgrades
> Must Work, and well-documented upgrade procedures[0]!
> 
>          --dkg
> 
> [0] http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html



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