[CentOS] What are the advantages of upgrading from 5.6 to 6?

2011-07-06 Thread John J. Boyer
I've just installed CentOS 5.6. What would I get if I upgraded to 6? Would I have to reinstall all applications or could I just restore my /etc and /usr directories and do an update? Thanks, John -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc.

Re: [CentOS] What are the advantages of upgrading from 5.6 to 6?

2011-07-06 Thread John R. Dennison
On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 03:26:39PM -0500, John J. Boyer wrote: I've just installed CentOS 5.6. What would I get if I upgraded to 6? Ponies. Would I have to reinstall all applications or could I just restore my /etc and /usr directories and do an update? There is no official upgrade path

Re: [CentOS] What are the advantages of upgrading from 5.6 to 6?

2011-07-06 Thread Robert Heller
At Wed, 6 Jul 2011 15:26:39 -0500 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: I've just installed CentOS 5.6. What would I get if I upgraded to 6? Would I have to reinstall all applications or could I just restore my /etc and /usr directories and do an update? Well, CentOS 6 is likely to

Re: [CentOS] What are the advantages of upgrading from 5.6 to 6?

2011-07-06 Thread Keith Roberts
On Wed, 6 Jul 2011, Robert Heller wrote: To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org From: Robert Heller hel...@deepsoft.com Subject: Re: [CentOS] What are the advantages of upgrading from 5.6 to 6? At Wed, 6 Jul 2011 15:26:39 -0500 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: I've just