C wrote:
On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Brian K. White <brian@aljex.com> wrote:
pdu's etc just because some years have passed? The only thing that changed in those years that's creating any problem at all, is software. The kernel changes and some binary drivers can no longer be used, and now systemd breaks the init scripts. It doesn't necessarily break them all, or break them unfixably, but whatever harm it does, it does for no justifiable reason.
But.. that still begs the question... why are you (or anyone else for that matter) installing the latest openSUSE on these systems? Is there a pressing need to upgrade? OK, bug fixes, but... why run the latest and greatest Linux on a system that is 10 or 15 years past its prime, and not in any way shape or form contemporary with the OS release?
I can't speak for Brian, but we also try to keep all systems on more or less the same version. It doesn't always work, some times it takes forever, but at least they've got the same init-system. New systems being deployed have generally received 11.4, then 12.1+updates, perhaps now 12.2, but it is a management issue that those newer boxes now have a different init-system. To try to alleviate that, it's either a) move all systems on to 12.x+systemd b) stay on <current> with sysVinit c) move towards 12.2, but with sysVinit. If we go with a), the problems Brian outlined start appearing. If we go with b) or c), $SUBJ becomes an issue. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (15.4°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org