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Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian

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On 11/29/2017 04:01 AM, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 03:42:15PM +0000, Richard Zimmerman wrote:
>> I'm pretty new to the Debian list here
> 
> Welcome aboard!
> 
>> but over on the CentOS list I'm on, migrating from init system to
>> systemd isn't for the faint of heart as I understand it.
> 
> There's more of a culture of upgrade rather than reinstall in Debian
> than in CentOS and family, in general. The systemd upgrade was handled
> very well and was seamless for most people; however, someone upgrading
> from such a long release ago is not something that will have been
> thoroughly tested and it's quite possible that an old init script that
> was modified (and therefore won't be replaced by package upgrades) could
> come along for the ride and cause problems.

I keep /opt on a separate partition. In have a subdirectory there as 
/opt/ric
Next I copy -raf .mozilla there and then .thunderbird, Pictures, Videos, 
Documents, Downloads, Music, ...etc. just don't copy everything, as oy 
want fresh .config files when you install fresh. At install time, do not 
reformat your /opt partition. When you reboot into your fresh install, 
delete all those desktop directories and create links to your /opt 
directory locations. Now you can destroy your install root partition and 
be back up in business with minimal fuss. I've been doing this since the 
old Caldera days. Works a bloody charm.Ric


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"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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Upgrading from very-old Debian The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2017-11-28 16:30 +0100
  Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2017-11-28 16:40 +0100
    Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2017-11-28 17:00 +0100
      Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-11-28 17:10 +0100
    Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2017-11-28 18:10 +0100
    Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-11-29 10:10 +0100
      Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-11-29 20:00 +0100
      Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-11-29 20:10 +0100
        Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2017-11-30 21:20 +0100
        Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-12-01 15:30 +0100
          Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-12-01 22:00 +0100
            Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian (and xtoolwait) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-12-02 16:00 +0100
      Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-11-29 21:30 +0100
  Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-11-28 18:00 +0100
    Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2017-11-28 18:00 +0100
      Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-11-28 23:40 +0100
      Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian Jan <jan@dwrox.net> - 2017-11-29 08:00 +0100
        Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian Umarzuki Mochlis <umarzuki@gmail.com> - 2017-11-29 08:20 +0100
        Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@gmail.com> - 2017-11-29 08:50 +0100
  Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-11-28 20:30 +0100
    Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@gmail.com> - 2017-11-28 21:30 +0100

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