How secure is Preupgrade? Answer: Not.

Beartooth Sciurivore beartooth at swva.net
Thu May 22 23:41:47 UTC 2008


On Thu, 22 May 2008 21:32:14 +0200, Björn Persson wrote:

> Beartooth Sciurivore wrote:
>> 	I ran PreUpgrade on it, but spotted Bj"orn Persson's warning in
>> time, and have not let it reboot. Do I need to get rid of it in some
>> way before I do an upgrade from DVD? Or will anaconda take care of it?
> 
> Just delete the files, as you have them on the DVD anyway – at least
> most of them.
> 
> rm -rf /boot/upgrade /var/cache/yum/anaconda-upgrade
> 
> Be careful with that command! A typo could make it delete vital parts of
> your system instead.

	Don't I know it! So, to make assurance doubly sure : as root? And 
being in what directory when I do?

-- 
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