Denis HAVLIK wrote:
>
> What do you expect from upgrade?
>
> I am quite sure there are other ways to do upgrade, and that opinions on
> "what is the best upgrade" will be wildly different. So, what do you
> think?
What to do with the /etc directory is a major problem. The problem
is what to do with any customisations found there. In general the
upgrader should NOT reset them back to Mandrake-vanilla.
I think the upgrader should never touch /etc/fstab or any of the
mount point directories mentioned in it, and should not create
missing directories (such as /mnt/floppy and /mnt/cdrom) unless they
are required by /etc/fstab. The upgrader should check that all mount
points mentioned in /etc/fstab exist.
Perhaps the best approach is to compare all the /etc files with what
the installer would want to make them (mandrake-vanilla). All
discrepancies should be flagged to the user at the line by line level
for retain/reset decision, with that decision recorded in a log file
in such a way that some utility can be driven by that file to re-make
all the /etc customisations.
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Regards,
Ron. [AU] - sent by Mandrake Linux.
