On Monday 06 January 2020 03:54:43 [email protected] wrote:
> On 2020-01-06 05:12, Phill Carter wrote: > > apt-get upgrade only updates an existing package to a newer version. > > It is what I have always used on my LinuxCNC machines. > > And being paranoid, I first backup my config files. Being full of good > intentions, but usually pressed for time, and not having a pencil to > hand, I need to be 100% sure upgrading will not overwrite my modified > but incompletely documented configs. Losing those would produce > immense amounts of angst and self-recrimination etc. > Yes; basic stuff that everyone knows......but.... > > Writing this note has reminded me I really should run some up-to-date > printouts. (Thanks). > > Marcus > Or, you could setup and use something with a better memory than you or I, like amanda. It backs up all 5 machines here, in the wee hours of the night, every night. I also have a bag of sheet protectors I keep the latest printout of each machines configuration file in them, at the machine. > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
