WARNING:DO NOT UPGRADE TO CORE 4

[Timothy Murphy]

Guy Fraser wrote:

>> Also consider the possibility that it might make more sense
>> to keep /home on a separate partition, and leave this alone even if
>> installing.

> That can and does cause problems as well.
> 
> Using old configuration files can and does cause lots of
> problems when the software that uses them is updated, that
> includes to user level config files in the home directories.
> 
> Unless the update process has a way of updating all the configuration
> files under /home it is better to tar it up and store it
> somewhere. You can restore it in an alternate location and
> move the files that don't exist after the upgrade then use diff
> to determine what needs to changed in with the files that are left.
> 
> That is basically what I do when I upgrade a server.

You must have lots of spare time on your hands.

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