Am Mo, den 29.12.2003 schrieb Jan Houtsma um 10:30: > Hello, > > 1) is there some archive of this list somewhere so that i (and others) do > not > need to ask questions again and again because i am gonna ask questions that > prolly has been discussed 100 times before. http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/ > 2) I am about to upgrade my servers to Fedora. Preferably i would like to > put in > a Fedora CD or install from ftp and from the menu choose "Upgrade" i.s.o. > "Install > a new server". Is that present? Yes. > 3) Will this "upgrade" update my system to Fedora using all latest rpms and > create > *.rpmnew, *.rpmsave files as before so i can easily update my config files > to the > newer formats? Yes. Post-install needs depend on which previous Redhat system you used. From RH 9 all should behave quite well. > 4) Would the upgrade also automatically install new packages that are > present in > Fedora server, but which were not present in Redhat 9? (which would be > undesired > behaviour or there should be dependencies btw). Needed packages will be installed due to resolving dependencies. > 5) Will it leave in tact packages on my system which are not part of the > Fedora > project (i expect so)? If there are no conflicts. To do a full backup before running such an upgrade is always wise. > 6) If i choose "Upgrade" will after the upgrade up2date work as normal but > with the > new Fedora repositories? And is the GPG Key automatically updated to work > with > Fedora as well? I remember some posts about this. up2date on Fedora Core no longer needs a valid account on RHN. Importing key(s) from /usr/share/doc/fedora-release-1/ will be needed. > 7) Is there some moderated control on how new rpms are distributed via > u2date. Are > they tested thoroughly before being offered to the community. Is there some > control > mechanism in place for this (like for RH i expected the rpms to be tested)? Update packages are tested and come out for fixing bugs. See http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-announce-list > Thanks a lot! Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany PGP key valid: made 13.07.1999 PGP fingerprint: 2307 88FD 2D41 038E 7416 14CD E197 6E88 ED69 5653
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