"Kurt A. Brust" wrote:
>
> Sorry, but going from 5.x to 6.x , does (IN REALITY) need to be fresh
> installed... the install overites just about everything... dont mean to burst
> your bubble...
I don't want to get into any kind of argument here, but I have
continuously upgraded from RH 3 on up through 6.1.
Admittedly it wasn't much fun at times, and I had to look at the install
logs pretty carefully, but it can be done.
Biggest problems have always been when rpms have been split up, or files
moved from one rpm to another, so upgrades to particular packages wiped
out config files. I generally save off all of /etc somewhere safe so I
can see what has changed after the upgrade. Changes to initscripts are
a big challenge as well.
I have often had to go out looking for newer versions of rpm's that do
not come stock with RH or powertools. Big headache was switching from
libc5 to glibc!
FWIW
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