[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #6866: Updating from USB stick clobbers some settings
- From: "luroh" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:00:14 -0000
#6866: Updating from USB stick clobbers some settings
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Reporter: humdinger | Owner: korli
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Applications/Installer | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Has a Patch: 0
Platform: All | Blocking:
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Comment (by luroh):
Actually, the Installer popup says that Installer will merge all folders
(except for /boot/system, which will be a clean copy) and that the source
volume's files take precedence in cases where files exist on both volumes.
That said, coupled with a bit of wishful thinking, allowing new
installations on top of older ones does allude to some kind of supported
upgrade procedure, which it isn't. I know for a fact that this is a cause
of many hours of frustration, wild goose chasing and invalid tickets.
In contrast to #3709, I'd like to put forward the suggestion of
disallowing installations on top of older ones while optionally allowing
archiving of [at least] /boot/home.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/6866#comment:5>
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