softwatt <softw...@gmx.com> wrote: > Also, does a clean install offer any advantage over an upgrade? It's > really a pain and I prefer to avoid it, but if there are good reasons > I'll do it.
After an upgrade you have to do some manual housekeeping to remove old cruft like no longer existing packages, leftover config files, etc. Also, during the upgrade you have to adapt all active configuration files to the new version, which can be quite a pain if you heavily customized the configuration. For example upgrading PHP and Apache normally take me the longest time, because I have to manually sift through enormous config files, check if my local changes still apply, etc. If you don't do this, you may have an sub-optimal or even non-working configuration. If you install a fresh system, everything is "up to building code" concerning the main OS infrastructure, integrating your local changes for your service-to-be-run are much easier (if documented right before). Grüße, Sven. -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/7b0jfpe76...@mids.svenhartge.de
