Hi,
On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Michael Perry wrote:
> Kinda getting anxious here but somewhat concerned as well. I have
> added a lot of stuff to my system like the slang libs and a lot of
> programs. I also have self-compiled things that normally come with
> suse like mutt and slrn. What happens when I upgrade? What if I have
> self-installed other libs? Will these break? I have my system to the
> point where its a joy to work with.
Well, you know the saying "Never touch a running system", don't you?
;-)
Just kidding...
> I have leafnode working perfectly. Im tempted to just put suse 6 onto
> another hard disk or partition and try things out there. Call me
> paranoid; or just plain worried. Lenz, any advice on moving up?
No, you're not paranoid at all. I've the same situation at home. If you
installed everything under the /usr/local hierarchy (as recommended for
packages not belonging to the distribution), and you removed the original
RPMs before, you should be on the safe side. The update does only update
previously installed packages. Your mileage may vary, however.
Especially, if you installed libraries on your own, since 6.0 is based on
glibc these are likely to break. So I'd like to recommend you to backup
your configuration files at least, or start with a clean installation on
another partition or disk, if space permits. You can then make a gradual
move to the new system.
Bye,
LenZ
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