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.

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Just take full backup and reinstall and then restore needed files from backup..

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2012/2/4 fakessh @ <fakessh@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
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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.



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Le vendredi 03 février 2012 à 14:33 -0800, John R Pierce a écrit :
> 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.
>
>
>

but possible
or I may strongly advises against

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fakessh @ wrote on 02/03/2012 05:43 PM:
> but possible
> or I may strongly advises against
I would strongly advise against blindly overwriting /var and /etc (or
anything else, with the possible exception of /home) from a CentOS-6
install with CentOS-5 versions. Compare the files and make changes on a
case by case basis as required. More work but MUCH less chance of breakage.

Phil

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