upgrading 5.4 -> 6.0 without reinstalling. safe ?

[Paul T. Root]

How is this different from a fresh install? Except for
a very limited amount in config files, which would be easier
to save and restore. And home directories. Again, save and
restore.

Pete French wrote:
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>>You don't have to remove the ports prior to upgrading. Just recompile them 
>>later.
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> Why would I want to do that though ? It gives me no advantages, and some
> serious disadvantages (especially if I am doing this on a 'live' system).
> Much easier to delete everything prior to the upgrade, and then I know that
> the machine is just the base system, and that none of my users are running
> apache, or pine, or exim or whatever - because I deleted them :-).  Standard
> practice for me, even when going from one minor release to the next...
> 
> -pcf.
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