[oe] Does the OS make a difference?

[J. L.]

I figured as much but was worth asking :P I hate reinstalls, thanks as
always though.

Side note though I finally got my first recipe to almost work it
creates an ipk and i can install to an existing image but the program
doesnt run right so I messed up configuring it but I am getting closer
to getting a grasp for once. Now if I can just figure out whats giving
me my last couple errors on the image I want and then go back to
figure out how to get the packages that wont build that i need to
build from the existing recipes.




On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:05 PM, AJ ONeal <coolaj86 at gmail.com> wrote:
> As with any operating system, I would recommend a clean install. IME,
> upgrades always leave cruft.
>
> It's easy enough to get a list of installed packages
> http://www.arsgeek.com/2006/09/19/ubuntu-tricks-how-to-generate-a-list-of-installed-packages-and-use-it-to-reinstall-packages/
>
> git rid of any version numbers and diff that against the new clean install
>
> You'll likely want to backup /home, /opt, /usr/local/.
>
> I'm going to go ahead and give it a try on my development box at home and
> see how it goes.
>
>
> Ironically, my goal is to replace my web dev box at home with the gumstix
> and nodejs.
>
> AJ ONeal
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:58 PM, J. L. <vwyodapink at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Do you know if doing a standard method of upgrading would be ok or
>> should I start from a full clean install? Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Douglas Royds
>> <douglas.royds at taitradio.com> wrote:
>> > On 03/09/10 05:19, J. L. wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I would be interested to know as well I am building on 9.10 and seem
>> >> to get more errors than those building on 10.04 or 10.10 with 64 bit
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:46 AM, AJ ONeal<coolaj86 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> It would be worth it to upgrade from Ubuntu 8.10 to 10.04 if it really
>> >>> makes
>> >>> a difference... but it would take time and disrupt workflow and
>> otherwise
>> >>> provide little advantage.
>> >>>
>> >
>> > As an aside, you should both be aware that neither 9.10 nor 8.10 are
>> "LTS"
>> > (long-term support) Ubuntu releases. As such, Ubuntu are no longer
>> > back-porting security fixes.
>> >
>> > I recommend that you both upgrade to 10.04 LTS. Ubuntu will support 10.04
>> > for 3 years (ie. until April 2013).
>> >
>> > Douglas.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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