On Thu, 2022-12-22 at 08:45 +1030, Tim via users wrote:
Tim:
> > This is why I don't install a new release over the top of the
> > old,
> > you end up with a Rube Goldberg / Heath Robinson contraption
> > trying
> > to keep things going.
Patrick O'Callaghan:
> That only happens if you don't make sure that your modifications
> carry
> over into the new version. I regularly update from one release to
> the
> next, check the .rpmnew and .rpmsave files (using rpmconf) and
> haven't
> had any problems.
That works, up to a point. From one release to another, some method
of doing something changes, apps and services get withdrawn.
When that happens, it is generally documented in the Release Notes,
though some things might slip through the cracks. Fedora is a bleeding-
edge distro for a reason.
poc