John Andersen wrote:
My boxed Suse 7.3pro just walked in the door, and I am contemplating fireing up yast and doing the Update Existing installation routine to replace the 7.1 install currently on the machine.
Since I have not done this with Suse before, I'm a little worried. Yes I'll take a backup, but what I really want to know from Suse Sourdoughs (Alaskan for Veterans), is wether this is a good idea or does it munge things more often than not?
(Another of the never ending data SECURITY questions).
I don't have experience with 7.3, but the 6.4 to 7.1 (I've done several) replaces most package configuration files with default ones. Happily, it saves the old configs and tacks .rpmsave to the end. Unhappily, you now have to test your system to see what broke (Sendmail is fine and complex example), and re-integrate you changes into the new default config files. Lost In Tokyo, Keith