On 2013-12-09 03:40, Jim Henderson wrote:
On Mon, 09 Dec 2013 02:27:44 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
There are two kinds of cruft after a system upgrade.
Three, but OK.
Right, I forgot that one.
* One, is that as the DVD is too small to contain the full oss repo, a lot is missing. So you have to do after it:
Well, yes, or if you've installed software from other sources that's not compatible with the new libraries, etc. Or if you have lots of repos configured (as I have done in the past).
Not from other sources; just packages that are in the standard oss repo, but are not included in the dvd. I don't know the current size of the oss repo, but it might have thrice the packages than the dvd.
This time around, I missed user cron jobs. Ah well, nothing overly complex in them, so recreating them isn't a problem.
Ah, you didn't do a full backup, then ;-)
Third kind of cruft, BTW - are those things that are installed from unofficial sources.
True. Typically packman. And we forgot a fourth one, proprietary drivers, when needed. But issues 3 and 4 also happen on a fresh install, whereas 1 and 2 are specific of upgrades. The first only on dvd offline upgrades, the second on both.
To each his own - I prefer doing a clean install every now and then regardless of the OS.
Yes, of course, each one has his preferences :-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 12.3 x86_64 "Dartmouth" at Telcontar)