On 22/12/2009, at 2:23 PM, David Shuman wrote:
It appears there are issues and processes that require the maintenance of config files and the like after an upgrade of OpenBSD. As I am relatively new to this process I intend to create two directories in my home directory to keep copies of all my alterations to OpenBSD. I hope these will assist me in the upgrade process and protect me from loss of data/etc as I understand the home directories are protected from changes during the recovery process. If anyone can point out the limitations or additional considerations related to this process I would appreciate the guidance. (I have made some significant post install changes to Comixwall that was based on OpenBSD 4.3 a while ago. However, I have never seriously considered assuring I could upgrade an OpenBSD system. As I am now considering significant and long term use I need to plan for this event.)One directory will contain modifications /home/{userid}/chgusr where /home/{userid}/chgusr/etc/rc.local {80x50 console changes) /home/{userid}/chgusr/etc/X11/xorg.conf {modified due to difficult hardware) Another directory will contain additions /home/{userid}/addusr (djbdns a bind replacement may be in here) where the subdirectories are the locations the content was added to OpenBSD. I am hoping this content can be copied after an update as it is not a part of OpenBSD making upgrades easier for me. Thanks for considering and assisting in advance.
I dont know whether you need it or not, or whether it's practical in your situation, but concider using find(1) to find config files changed since the install. paulm
