I'm of the mindset that this is, for all practical intents and purposes,
ill advised and here's my reasoning.
The packages are the products of various authors, Tom Eastep for one.
Unless he and all contributors were to adhere to some protocol there's
the definite potential for problems.
Consider that (for example) the shorewall config files often contain
documentation within them. If one uses an older config file in its
entirety then one will lose the documentation of new features that was
within the newer config file. The old config might well work fine and as
expected, but you'd not be aware of new features because the docs were
in the newer config files. And there's of course the possibility of
non-backward-compatibility (maybe not outright bustage but
unexpected/unforeseen effects).
Also, seeking support for a newer installation with older config files
might leave the supporting folks confused.
I have no complaint with what Tom (et al) does - I can't even fathom how
things /could/ be done differently, let alone the imposition of
'compatibility protocols' upon such participants for whose work and
contributions I am so grateful.
I'd definitely love to see something like this but have resigned myself
to death, taxes, gravity and tedious LEAF upgrades.
FWIW I'm still using LEAF (BuC 2.3), 'bout 5 years after discovering
this project.
A thank you to Brad for seeing a 'problem' and expressing willingness to
attempt to tackle it though!
scott; canada (a wistful sigh, thinking back to Eigerstein days :)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have wondered if there was any better method for upgrading from a previous
version of Bering uClibc, and I assumed that what Charles said below was the
best possible solution.
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