Updating from USB stick clobbers some settings

[humdinger]

This is hrev39552.

Updating an existing Haiku installation by booting from a USB stick and using the Installer to copy things unto your Haiku partition clobbers existing settings. This is because when booting from the USB stick several setting files are created on first boot and later also copied over. Booting from an install CD obviously doesn't has this problem...

Attached is the {{{ du -a }} output of the ~/config/settings folder of the install-USB stick before and after booting it.

Esp. bad are, I think:

4	./Deskbar_security_code
4	./Deskbar_settings
10	./Key_map                    (<- this one is even in the image before booting from USB)
6	./Tracker/DefaultFolderTemplate
6	./Tracker/DefaultQueryTemplates/application_octet-stream
6	./Tracker/DefaultQueryTemplates/application_x-person
6	./Tracker/DefaultQueryTemplates/application_x-vnd.Be-bookmark
6	./Tracker/DefaultQueryTemplates/text_x-email
30	./Tracker/DefaultQueryTemplates
4	./Tracker/TrackerSettings
4	./Tracker/tracker_shelf
50	./Tracker
4	./mount_server
4	./print_server_settings
2	./shortcuts_settings
6	./system/app_server
6	./system/notifications
4	./system/registrar/RosterSettings
10	./system/registrar
28	./system
4	./time_dststatus
4	./x-vnd.Haiku-desklink

I'm not sure all of these files replacing existing ones have negative effects, but at least Key_Map and Tracker/* is a bummer as you'll loose your query templates and replicants on the Desktop.

[humdinger]

before first bootup

[humdinger]

after first bootup

[luroh]

Is replacing files like this actually to be considered a bug?

[Disreali]

Haiku does not yet have an upgrage facility/system. AFAIK, over-writing of the settings is the expected behaviour.

[humdinger]

It may be expected behaviour, but it's wrong. It's a requirement that the Installer updates a system without needlessly touching a user's data and settings. At the moment it doesn't and even says so in an alert, popping up when installing onto a non-emtpy partition. Changed to "enhancement".

[idefix]

Also see ticket:3709.

[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.

[stargatefan]

Actually if you do a clean install from a USB stick your desktop preflets don't get setup for process monitor,volume and network. Also they will not stay installed after a reboot.

I think all of these issues are intertwinned with some file permissions issues.

[pulkomandy]

We have a real update system now.

[nielx]

Remove milestone for tickets with status = closed and resolution != fixed