I have a few dev systems on a lan that I fit out almost identically with xorg, xfce, mariadb, php, apache, and other subsystems, apps, and utilities so that I can assign the boxes different roles ad libitum (zfs is the only exception: I activate that only on my server-of-all-work).
For some reason, I've never been able to successfully update to a new version of the o/s. I always try, but something always breaks and I end up reinstalling everything from the metal up. But re-installing everything by hand even on one system is a pain in the dupa, so I'd like to automate it. I already know that I don't want to use poudriere for that purpose. Is there another tool that's obviously the best choice for what I want to do?
For some reason, I've never been able to successfully update to a new version of the o/s. I always try, but something always breaks and I end up reinstalling everything from the metal up. But re-installing everything by hand even on one system is a pain in the dupa, so I'd like to automate it. I already know that I don't want to use poudriere for that purpose. Is there another tool that's obviously the best choice for what I want to do?