FC 5 > FC6 via YUM update

Timothy Murphy tim at birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
Wed Oct 25 11:11:41 UTC 2006


Ric Moore wrote:

> On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 17:03 +0000, Jim Douglas wrote:
>> Is it possible to upgrade via YUM to FC6 from FC5?
> 
> Sure!! Piece of Cake! There's some likelyhood it might work too! Not a
> lot, but some. The upgrade? Sure it's possible. If stuff goes south,
> you'll have one heckuva mess to untangle. But, yes it is possible. <eg>

This seems completely illogical to me.
If the yum upgrade does not work, one can always do a clean install,
which I assume is what you (Ric) recommend.

On the other hand, if you start off by doing a clean install,
and it does not work, you are stuffed.

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