Re: [arch-general] migrating Arch to a new machine - what config to keep

[2012-12-11 23:34:39 +0800] Marek Otahal:

/var - I dont care about old logs, is there anything else important?

/var/spool

/etc ... some files (related to hw) changed, but many (wifi, iptables, cron, security, ...) stay ...is it possible to copy/merge them in a smart way? Or I have to go through all the configuration?

The smart way would have been to put all the /etc files you touched under version control. Otherwise, you can either go through each such file, or just copy the whole of /etc and fix incompatibilities as you notice them.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Migrate_installation_to_new_hardware and basically I'd like to elaborate on how to merge the configs in /etc

Please do; thanks. -- Gaetan