It's OpenBSD. As I test/use more then one OS I can confirm that only
problematic part on OpenBSD is user not system :-) Can't say same
about other OS's. They are missing
http://www.openbsd.org/papers/asiabsdcon2009-release_engineering/
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:43 PM, David Shuman <d.shu...@att.net> wrote:
> Thanks to all as an inexperienced user in the process, my choice in this
> area was more of self-protection should I mishandle the upgrade process at
> some point in time. B It's nice to see so many indicate I am probably being
> overly protective.
>
> Tomas Bodzar wrote:
>>
>> With snapshots I follow this line :
>>
>> 1) download latest bsd.rd and place it in /
>>
>> 2) reboot and boot from bsd.rd
>>
>> 3) choose (U)pgrade
>>
>> 4) after upgrade reboot
>>
>> 5) # sysmerge -s your_favorite_mirror/etcXX.tgz -x
>> your_favorite_mirror/xetcXX.tgz
>>
>> 6) sometimes reboot sometimes no change so no reboot
>>
>> 7) sudo pkg_add -vu
>>
>> I'm doing it for around 2 years and no data loss in /home or any other
>> part of system and my config files are ok. I tested this even when
>> upgrading from eg. 4.5 to 4.6, but of course that in both cases you
>> must read current.hml in first case and upgradeXX.html in second case
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:23 AM, David Shuman <d.shu...@att.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> It appears there are issues and processes that require
>>> the maintenance of config files and the like after an
>>> upgrade of OpenBSD. B 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. B If anyone
>>> can point out the limitations or additional
>>> considerations related to this process I would
>>> appreciate the guidance. B (I have made some
>>> significant post install changes to Comixwall that
>>> was based on OpenBSD 4.3 a while ago. B However,
>>> I have never seriously considered assuring I could
>>> upgrade an OpenBSD system. B 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 B B B where
>>> /home/{userid}/chgusr/etc/rc.local
>>> B B {80x50 console changes)
>>> /home/{userid}/chgusr/etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>> B B {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. B 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.
