On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 10:56:07AM +1300, Shane Lazarus wrote: > > So, I just ran sysupgrade with no options to see what would happen. > > Unsurprisingly, it proceeded to install ALL of the sets, without bothering > to prompt me, or apparently taking note of what was previously selected > during the initial install of 6.5. > > This is an undesirable trait, with neither apparent documentation or what I > would consider to be sane defaults. > > If someone would be so kind as to point me in the right direction for how > to prevent sysupgrade from being unsane, it would be much appreciated. >
I can't comment on the documentaion issues of those files. But sysupgrade is meant for a quick and easy upgrade. No hand holding. No special treatment. If you need an upgrade that is not like the way sysupgrade does it, then you will need to simply do the steps yourself manually. Just as all of us have been doing for years. All of those steps are extensively documented both in the man pages and the mailing lists. It is a tool to do one specific set of tasks. rm -r and rmdir can both remove a directory. But they are not the same tool. This topic has already been extensively and frustratingly dealt with on the list. Please don't ask for changes to sysupgrade. The questions about the documentation are relevant however. Chris Bennett
