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Posted: Jan. 15 2008,23:34 QUOTE

Could someone please remind me what is the least disruptive way to upgrade 4.3 to 4.4 or more generally from one point release to another. I have several configuration files I seem to have to manually update each time I upgrade. They are all in the backup tar but I never could quite figure out the rules for applying the backup after installing a new system using the app/tool/install function for a usb system. The new install will of course reformat the entire usb stick so the original backup is no longer present. What happens if I backup the backup tar and move it back to the sda1 space overwriting the newly created backup tar? Another issue is that I run the /opt directory out of a separate USB stick since my web server is in the /opt directory. How do I know from one release to the next whether any /opt files have changed?

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Posted: Jan. 15 2008,23:37 QUOTE

When Robert posts a release, he also posts the files that are most likely to be affected by the new release.

If you happen to have a file in your backup that overwrites a changed file, it can be compared to /etc/skel/whatever


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Posted: Jan. 15 2008,23:48 QUOTE

Let me get this straight. Are you saying a new file is created called /etc/skel/whatever if a new release file is overwritten by a backup restore?

Regarding the new release post:
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Change Log:

* Changed French default keytable from fr to fr-latin1
* Fixed .dfminfo for pppdial, pon, poff needed missing sudo
* Recompiled and reinstalled ndiwrapper.
* Updated some icons

Files likely in your backup:
.jwmrc
.dfminfo
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So would the procedure be to simply compare the above mentioned files to the backup files if present and if no changes are found use the original backup tar with confidence?


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Posted: Jan. 15 2008,23:57 QUOTE

No. /etc/skel is a directory that contains all of the default files that are in /home/dsl when you start a clean system. If you backup/restore these files, the ones in /etc/skell can be used to either replace new files that no longer work or compare to your own config files if you need to make some changes.

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Posted: Jan. 16 2008,00:04 QUOTE

OK, i see what you mean. I think my problems are going to be mostly in /opt. Things like .filetool.lst, bootlocal.sh and crontab. I would have to look around for more examples but there are files that are not in /home that I'm worried about.

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