Re: RHEL4 Beta 1 to Beat 2 via up2date?

[Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadf u washington edu>]

Mark Zolton wrote:
> Since Redhat has moved from Beta 1 to Beta 2, my up2date shows 930 
> updated packages awaiting installation. When I try to install these 
> packages via up2date, I am required to update up2date itself - which 
> works without issue. However, after updating up2date my attempt to 
> install the waiting packages fails because there is an apparent conflict 
> with 'redhat-release'. I receive an error stating that the updated 
> version of 'redhat-release' conflicts with the existing 
> /etc/sysconfig/rhn/source file.
>
> Is there a recommended procedure for using up2date to move from Beta 1 
> to Beta 2?

I'm trying this today as well... I just put redhat-release in the
skip list. I think redhat-release is packaged wrong, it includes
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources (already reported in bugzilla).