[lug] RedHat 9?

[Rob Nagler]

Kirk Rafferty writes:
> I *try* to be disciplined about documenting changes I make to a system,
> including config changes, non-RPM packages, etc.  When it's time to upgrade,
> I do a complete OS reinstall, and then re-install/upgrade non-RPM packages.
> Although this takes longer than the best case upgrade scenario, it always
> takes less time than the worst case upgrade scenario.  I'm willing to work
> in that middle-ground, and I find that the wierd possibly-related-to-upgrade
> issues are no longer a problem.

Agreed, and one step further: Install all packages with RPMs including
config changes.  We maintain 30 machines, many in production at a
colo, and there's no way I can twiddle configs by hand until I get it
right.  We allow months to go by before an upgrade completes.  First
development, then test machines, then production one at a time.  The
delay necessitates full automation, because we'd never remember what
we did.  We're still in the midst of an upgrade to RH 7.2, btw.

Rob