Unofficial FAQ
Cliff Kent
cliff at villagevisions.com
Thu Nov 13 13:35:53 UTC 2003
>> On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 12:45, Elliott Wilcoxon wrote:
>>
>> >> It would be nice if you explained how to update from RH9 using
>> >> yum/apt/up2date. I'd like to be able to do a apt-get
dist-upgrade >> >> to save download and installation time, but the bits
I've read on >> >> the mailing list don't make it clear if it works or
doesn't.
>>
>>
>> I think that's actually why I didn't include it in the FAQ -- I >>
am also not sure that it works. Even theoretically, thinking about
>> the upgrade path from RH9 to FC1, I'm not sure that yum or up2date or
>> apt would do it flawlessly.
>>
>> -M
Now I wish I'd taken better notes. I did an upgrade from RH9 to FC1
using yum and it went very smoothly.
Generally-
* Updated yum on the RH9 box to the latest version
* Made a local yum repository containing all the rpm files from the FC1 CDs
* Edited the existing RH9 yum.conf to remove references to all RH9
repositories and add the new FC1 repository as [base].
* Started "yum update" and went for coffee
* After looking at the release notes, "package changes" under "removed",
I ran something like:
yum install fedora-release fedora-logos rpmdb-fedora
The result looks and runs like a clean FC1 install. Although there are
some other packages that I should remove before putting into service.
I hope that helps a little. I wouldn't suggest that method to a total
yum beginner, but anyone who has set up even a simple yum server should
get it right one the first try. I'm no yum expert.
However, if I'd trashed that RH9 machine I'd have lost nothing.
I have not tried it on my working RH9 box and probably won't.
You have been warned...<g>
ck
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