On Monday 06 January 2020 04:25:08 Phill Carter wrote:

> > On 6 Jan 2020, at 7:54 pm, [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....
>
> I keep all my configs an a networked NFS share so I am not too
> concerned with anything bad happening to the machine controller.

Whereas I have found nfs shares to be quite undependable. I don't even 
try to start it anymore, finding sshfs to be much more dependable here 
as long as its between the same user number.  Since I am the only user, 
it works for me.

> Cheers, Phill.
>
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