preupgrade fails F10 -> F11

[Janez Košmrlj]

Les wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 17:58 +0200, Janez Košmrlj wrote:
>   
>> Janez Košmrlj wrote:
>>     
>>> It downloads everything correctly, but after the reboot and start of 
>>> the install process I get the message:
>>> /usr/tmp is not a symlink
>>>
>>> I checked this and on the hard drive /usr/tmp is a symlink to /var/tmp.
>>>
>>> I tried a couple of times, but I get the same error every time.
>>>
>>> Has anyone an idea how to fix this.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> anyone
>>
>>     
> I cannot help you too much, but the link matches what I see.
>
> It may be that the website is checking your system to see if it is
> windows.  Ubunto has some capabilities to overcome this dumb check, but
> Fedora doesn't.  You have to add a package to your browser.  Currently I
> use greasemonkey and default user agent.  Between the two of them I get
> access to most sites.  What is needed is an ethics rule preventing web
> programs from checking which system is installed.  It shouldn't matter,
> if the web browsers are standards compliant and the programs are too.
> The web should be OS independent.
>
> Regards,
> Les H
>
>   
what does the browser have to do with preupgrade?