New rpm wipes out all settings
Chuck Mead
csm at MoonGroup.com
Fri May 17 03:02:08 CEST 2002
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On Thu, 16 May 2002, Rich Shepard posted the following:
RS> I'm rather upset about the upgrade from 3.8.16 to 3.8.18. I did this
RS>because I wanted to try out the taskbar. I rebuilt the .src.rpm and then
RS>freshened the existing installation. After this, I ran the script,
RS>"xfce_upgrade" and I lost everything. Panel was reset, panel button labels
RS>gone, all applications gone, popup menus gone. Everything. The upgrade
RS>script reported that it moved all existing files to some backup directory,
RS>but it does not exist.
RS>
RS> After the hassle I went through upgrading to 3.8.16, I don't need this.
RS>I'm not at all a happy camper. The exact opposite, for that matter.
I don't use rpms anymore but you're sure there is no ~/.xfce_bkup
directory?
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csm
"Look, I want to make Microsoft's life miserable; so I'll tell you what,
I'll pay you $10 million a year to torture Microsoft." --Steve Ballmer
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