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Re: [Plug] Distritubtion Question
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LeRoy...
I am a big believer in the value of the backup and at the same time
not trusting of anything that is making changes to my system in an
automated fashion. Over the years I have come to expect bad things to
happen and to be ready when they do. I can see your point, but at the
same time I would never simply trust any upgrade program to preserve
config files.... even if it had done so in the past. To me backing up
configuration files and checking for, and repairing, any unwanted
overwrites is all in a days work.
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, LeRoy D. Cressy wrote:
> What I was attempting to say was with RH and others was that sometimes
> when upgrading the config files that you worked on to twek your system
> for your own needs were overwritten by the upgrade without warning.
> Also, I have found that some distributions are not as careful with their
> upgrades and there are broken packages after the upgrade. Though you
> can upgrade other distributions besides Debian, I personally like the
> Debian system for they seem most conscientious about making sure that
> the system doesn't break upon upgrade.
>
> I hope that you have a good day :-)
Hey! I got rid of a list member... how could I not be having a good day?!?
Thanks for your friendly reply :-)
Roger Scudder
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> > On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, LeRoy D. Cressy wrote:
> >
> > > My personal choice is Debian, for once the system is installed and set
> > > up, I'll never have to redo a complete install. Also the Debian
> > > packages do not overwrite your /etc/ files that you have made and edited
> > > to your needs.
> >
> > I think that to suggest, as your reply does, that RedHat and SuSE
> > can not be upgraded without doing a full install is not being fair.
> > Heck, if this person is having problems with RedHat, do you really
> > think he will find Debian any easier? I sure don't. Debian is not,
> > IMHO, a beginners distribution.
> >
> > Roger Scudder
> > <non-egotistical sig>
> >
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