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Alan Hicks <alan@lizella.network> wrote:
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> In alt.os.linux.slackware, Eugene dared to utter,
> > I've searched.really If I'm running 9.1 can I just upgrade in place or
> > do I have to do a new install of 10? I see some talking about just using
> > Swaret to upgrade all the packages but others say it won't find any new
> > packages added to 10.

> There's a lot of opinions concerning swaret, I'll spare you from
> hearing mine.

> As for upgrading, the tried and true method in my opinion is still to
> back-up /etc, /home, /usr/local, and anything you put in /opt, then do
> a format and a fresh re-install. For this purpose I typically put /home
> and /usr/local on their own seperate partitions, since that makes it
> easier to upgrade in this way.

> Several people have reported no problems with swaret upgrades, and
> several people have. I think it's about a 2 to 1 ratio in swaret's
> favor at the moment, but that's entirely anecdotal. I wouldn't touch
> swaret with a ten foot pole myself.

> It's up to you how you do it. I'm not certain that swaret "does the
> right thing" on a few packages like x11r6-7 and elflibs. The former
> could just be installed right alongside xfree86, and the latter
> shouldn't be upgraded at all.

> - --
> It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
> Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
> Ecclesiastes 7:5
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