13 Aug
2023
13 Aug
'23
16:44
On 8/12/23 10:36, Bob Rogers wrote:
In particular, my strategy with a new release has always been to do fresh installs rather than in-place upgrades, keeping the old installation available for rescue in case the system won't boot after an update.
I also did fresh-install releases for many years. But a year or so ago I started doing the in-place upgrades and haven't encountered any problems. Fresh installs were always a PITA when porting the configuration files over, not to mention that the UID and GID numbers got scrambled. I run about 30 machines, and in-place upgrades have saved me lots of time without issue. Of course, YMMV. But as usual, make sure you have up-to-date and reliable backups! Regards, Lew