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Add note to docs about reinstall after OS upgrade

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Oliver Gorwits
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@@ -79,6 +79,21 @@ See the tips at L<Vendors Guide|App::Netdisco::Manual::Vendors>, or else
contact the L<community email
list|https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/netdisco-users>.
=head1 After OS update or upgrade, Netdisco fails
If you upgrade the operating system then your system libraries will change and
Netdisco needs to be rebuilt (specifically, C library bindings).
The safest way to do this is set up a new user and follow the same install
instructions, connecting to the same database. Stop the web and backend daemon
for the old user, and start them for the new user. Then delete the old user
account.
Alternatively, if you do not mind the downtime: stop the web and backend
daemons then delete the C<~netdisco/perl5> directory and reinstall from
scratch. The configuration file, database, and MIBs can all be reused
in-place.
=head1 Run a C<netdisco-do> Task with Debugging
The C<netdisco-do> command has several debug flags which will show what's