First impressions of a system update with yum

Benjamin Lewis ben.lewis at benl.co.uk
Fri Jun 1 12:56:44 UTC 2007


Same here, no problems - this is the first time its worked for me too!

Jon Ciesla wrote:
> My first 32-bit x86 yum upgrade is finished, with no major complications. 
> So far.  I'll let you know. . .
>
>   
>> On 5/31/07, Matthias Saou
>> <thias at spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.egg.and.spam.freshrpms.net>
>> wrote:
>>     
>>> Other current thought : To hell with it, format "/" and reinstall from
>>> DVD...
>>>       
>> This is my normal course of action. I don't want to deal with the
>> leftover packages and the missing new packages. I just let Anaconda do
>> its job.
>>
>> I have two partitions for root, the current release, and the new or
>> old release. That way my old root with a working system is available
>> if some hardware seems to not work.
>>
>> Also, I don't bother with a DVD or CD, I just use the grub hack.
>>
>> -Schlaegel
>>
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