On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Ajay Sharma wrote:
> Chris Mauritz wrote:
> > Scott Heisler wrote:
> >
> > > But is it a nightmare to upgrade as well? I know that a fresh install
> > > is a nightmare.
> >
> > What makes you say that? I can install/configure a virgin rackmount
> > computer with the 4.0 DVD in under an hour. What exactly are you
> > concerned about possibly tripping you up?
>
> Most likely he doesn't want to have to reconfigure all the services that are
> running on the box. Plus there's probably a ton of little tweaks that have
> been done over the years that need to be updated.
If people are interested. I have written a tool that backups most of your
config-files, only if they have been changed compared to what was shipped
with the RPMs.
I was planning to extend this somewhat more to include also other
config-files (tagged as such by RPM) that have been changed. This way you
can take advantage if what RPM considers a config-file.
The tool is called dconf, and is located:
http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/dconf/
It's written in python and can use some help from experienced python
programmers :)
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[all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power]
