yum update os?
Steven Pasternak
stevenp500 at bellsouth.net
Tue Aug 29 23:41:07 UTC 2006
Jim Cornette wrote:
> Marc wrote:
>> Can I do a yum update from FC5 to the latest FC6? How hard is that
>> to do?
>> Marc
>>
>>
>
> It is possible. You first need to download and install the
> fedora-release package with rpm, once FC6 is released. It still has
> awhile to go for release. Test 3 starts Sept 11th. The release is
> afterward.
>
> Next you need to run yum -y upgrade at a minimum. You should be at
> runlevel 3 and in a terminal as root to do this. If the X server
> resets while you are upgrading, a big mess happens to your system and
> the rpm database.
>
> Also, you might want to upgrade yum first before continuing. Then take
> care of any packages that were removed or changed drastically.
>
> I recently ran this process on an FC4 to FC5 system and it left an
> /etc/fstab file with an entry which interfered with the mounting of a
> CD as user. There were no major problems except for needing to update
> packages which used hotplug, which was removed for FC5 and then
> upgrade initscripts and other packages before I could get the upgrade
> going. Upgrading from FC5 to FC6 might have other problems which need
> addressed before you can upgrade. You might want to read the release
> notes before attempting the upgrade.
>
> I suggest downloading the media and allowing the installer for FC6 to
> upgrade your system. The developers should have taken action to make
> upgrading from FC5 to FC6 easier. They cannot catch all problems, but
> do catch a lot of reported or discovered bugs.
>
> Upgrading via yum takes a lot of time over my cable network. There
> might be unanticipated problems upgrading with yum.
>
> Jim
>
I have the livna repo installed, so theoretically if I wait until FC6
final and the livna repo to catch up, all I have to do is install the
fedora-release rpm and do like you said, right?
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