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From: Mogens Jensen <mogens-jensen@protonmail.com>
Reply-To: Mogens Jensen <mogens-jensen@protonmail.com>
Subject: Supported upgrade path?
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In the past I have downloaded the new ISO image, reinstalled the
systems and restored configuration files from backup. However, now
with an entire fleet of servers, this is too cumbersome.

Is it supported to upgrade directly from e.g. 3.12 to 3.16 or only
to the version immediately following like in OpenBSD?

Is the ".apk-new" files listed  by "update-conf --list" after
upgrading, the only extra files left in the system compared to a
reinstallation of system and packages or do the upgrade process also
leave files in other places that could be delete? I don't like old
cruft to linger around.


Best regards,
Mogens Jensen