upgrade question is it possible to imagine during an upgrade from centos 5 to 6 to keep the named directory /etc and /var unchanged if an update as simple as possible. can this be -- http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xC2626742 gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key C2626742 http://urlshort.eu fakessh @ http://gplus.to/sshfake http://gplus.to/sshswilting http://gplus.to/john.swilting -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: Ceci est une partie de message num?riquement sign?e URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20120203/5a1ea8ac/attachment-0005.sig>
Just take full backup and reinstall and then restore needed files from backup.. -- Eero 2012/2/4 fakessh @ <fakessh at fakessh.eu>:> upgrade question > > is it possible to imagine during an upgrade from centos 5 to 6 to keep > the named directory /etc and /var unchanged if an update as simple as > possible. > > can this be > -- > ?http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xC2626742 > ?gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key C2626742 > > ?http://urlshort.eu fakessh @ > ?http://gplus.to/sshfake > ?http://gplus.to/sshswilting > ?http://gplus.to/john.swilting > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
On 02/03/12 2:11 PM, fakessh @ wrote:> is it possible to imagine during an upgrade from centos 5 to 6 to keep > the named directory /etc and /var unchanged if an update as simple as > possible.as there are major version upgrades of almost every component that puts files into those directories, that would be extremely sketchy at best. -- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast