At Wed, 6 Jul 2011 15:26:39 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I've just installed CentOS 5.6. What would I get if I upgraded to 6?
> Would I have to reinstall all applications or could I just restore my
> /etc and /usr directories and do an update?
Well, CentOS 6 is likely to be somewhat different than 5.6 -- lots of
stuff has changed. You would get newer base versions of various
packages and a newer base kernel. Otherwise it depends...
You'd have to do a fresh install, and then using a backup of your /etc
as a guide, re-configure everything. If your system works just fine
with 5.6, *I'd* say leave it alone for now. I am certainly not in any
hurry to upgrade.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
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