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Re: Linux Athena questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)
Mon Oct 19 13:01:18 1998
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 13:00:53 -0400
From: tb@MIT.EDU (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)
To: amu@MIT.EDU
Cc: ghudson@MIT.EDU, svalente@MIT.EDU, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Aaron M. Ucko's message of 19 Oct 1998 12:18:05 -0400
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From: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Date: 19 Oct 1998 12:18:05 -0400
tb@MIT.EDU (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes:
> As for existing users, I doubt very much that we would be able to
> provide an automated upgrade path, no matter what, which means that
> anyone who wanted the New Thing would need to reinstall anyhow.
Red Hat provides an automated 4.x -> 5.x upgrade path, though I don't
know how smooth that is. It may actually work decently for minimally
customized boxes.
Well, that raises the question: Why does SIPB Linux-Athena still use
4.x?
