On 29/03/18 20:21, I R A Darth Aggie wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 18:41:58 +0000 (UTC),
> bob prohaska , in
>  wrote:
>>   Thanks to the advice I got from "stretch vs jessie" thread I decided to
>>   do a clean install on a new (larger) microSD card. That leaves the old
>>   filesystem unmolested and usable as a backup.
>>
>>   Are there any tools akin to Apple's Migration Assistant to automate,
>>   or at least assist,  the process of configuring the new system to
>>   replace the old one? IIRC some things, like setting up the printer,
>>   were fairly tedious.
>
> Well, you can probably replace the new system's /etc/cups directory
> with the old one, which contains your printer setup.

Um. No.

do a

'sudo find /var -name '*cups*' -print
and
'sudo find / -mount -name '*ppd' -print

to see how much rubbish is in there...

How much of it is part of the initial install and how much is part of
configuration, who knows?

> I would just copy
> /etc to somewhere, then judiciously replace things as needed. You'll
> need to insure that you have the relevant printer drivers available,
> if they aren't included by default.

I have found that to be a good solution, but far from a perfect one, as
often config files change with new software releases.

>
> Lately, local configurations are put in files that end with .local
> so that is some help. At least for some packages. rkhunter does this
> as "rkhunter.conf.local".
>

Never seen that. Config files are a complete mess. Every part of the OS
does things differently IME




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