Will OH2.2 reinstall cause config file loss?

Setup, Configuration and Use Installation
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Hi,
I discovered yesterday that my SD card ‘silently’ corrupted and I’m slowly recovering including many packages reinstall. Through debsums I found that some files from OH2 are suspicious

/usr/share/openhab2/runtime/system/org/ops4j/pax/web/pax-web-features/6.0.7/pax-web-features-6.0.7-jettyconfig.xml
/usr/share/openhab2/runtime/system/org/ops4j/pax/web/pax-web-jetty/6.0.7/pax-web-jetty-6.0.7.jar
/var/lib/openhab2/etc/org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.cfg
/var/lib/openhab2/etc/config.properties

and what worries me are the 2 first lines. First one is xml but still I can’t list it with ‘more’ (seems to have some binary content or corrupted), jar I can’t assess.
I was thinking about reinstalling the whole OH but I don’t know whether this will override any existing config (items, logging, etc). Installation is pretty wide now and eventhough I’m doing daily backup I don’t want to restore configs manually.
Thanks in advance for all advises.

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Using

sudo apt install --reinstall openhab2

Will reinstall without replacing your own configuration.

Are you using openHABs backup script? The accompanying restore script should sort the configuration out for you.

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Benjy, thanks. Regarding reinstall method I am using the one listed by you. I am not afraid of config under /etc but mostly about something in other places (e.g. java logging, etc). I guess this will be changed, won’t it?
when it comes to backups - no, I’m using rsync for broader backup (OH2 including).

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Anything created by openHAB dynamically is registered as a configuration file. So the logs stored in /var/log/openhab2, and anything in /var/lib/openhab2 will also be kept on a reinstall. Hope that helps?

The files in /var/lib/openhab2/etc is a special case, the majority of files here are replaced but this shouldn’t affect anything noticeable.

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Benjy, yes it does. I will then do it tonight and migrate to a new SD.