Upgrade from RH - 9 issues...

[pctech at mybellybutton.com]

I agree.

In my opinion, UPGRADE means just that.  Take what is
there and upgrade it to the latest version.  Not
Upgrade the existing packages and add whatever else it
thinks it needs to add.

UPDATE would suggest to me, which this doesn't have,
to be a combination upgrade and add new packages sorta
thing.  Maybe that is needed as well as upgrade for
cases such as this.

--- Aaron Konstam <akonstam at trinity.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 05:15:05PM +0800, Arindam
> Dey wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > There has already been lots off discussion on the
> issue mentioned in the
> > subject but the invariable conclusion has been
> that everything goes
> > smoothly in the end.
> > 
> > Having read numerous of those mails I went ahead
> and upgraded. Lo and
> > behold I have a spanking new system with
> everything upgraded. Mind you
> > everything "upgraded" new things like yum etc have
> NOT been installed.
> > 
> > The "Add or remove packages" does not list yum
> etc..This may also result
> > in the problem with this package for which I
> believe there is already an
> > update available on Jeremy Katz page. I am
> consistently writing etc
> > since yum is the obvious thing which has not been
> installed I am still
> > trying to figure out what else is missing.
> > 
> > Is this how upgrade is meant to behave ?? I mean
> is upgrade only
> > supposed to upgrade the packages already present
> and miss out the new
> > and very important packages like yum in this case
> ???
> > 
> > Somebody please clarify on this.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > -- 
> > Arindam Dey
> I think you have characterized the upgrade
> correctly. Only things that
> exist are upgraded. At least that is my
> understanding.
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