[CoLoCo] can't add user - path exists

[Jim Hutchinson]

On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:

> You DO NOT want to reuse /home/jim intact with all its hidden folders
> from a prior release, or you may encounter strange problems with
> gnome, etc. What I do is keep a common partition for storage of
> permanent files, create a new /home/userid directory for a new
> release, then symlink the directories in the common partition into the
> new home partition. That way your new software will not be confused
> with configuration data from older releases.
>

No? I've been doing it this way for a while. I thought the whole point of
keeping /home separate was so you could reinstall but not have to worry as
much about your home files. I've done several upgrades by reinstalling the
OS but keeping /home as is. I've never had any problems. If this is a recipe
for disaster, what is the proper way to reinstall the OS (new version or
not) and recycling your /home?

-jim
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