Re: Fedora core 3 and apt-get

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Because I don't delete anything out of the cache and my work computer
started at FC3 also.  I do have all of the CD's, but the CD's don't
have the most up-to-date versions of the software.  In fact, my cache
directory is almost 4 gigs worth of RPM's for FC3.  Did I mention that
I am on dialup at home and am lucky to connect at 40 kbps?


On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 19:54:06 -0600 (CST), Satish Balay <balay@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Matthew Page wrote:
> 
> > Here is the short version of what's up.  I have a work computer with a
> > fast internet connection running FC3.  I have a home computer with a
> > POKEY-slow internet connection running FC2.  I thought that it would
> > be great if I could copy the /var/cache/apt directory and the /etc/apt
> > directory to my home computer, I could run apt-get dist-upgrade and
> > Voila! my home computer would be upgraded to FC3.  Well...  it ALMOST
> > worked...  Problem is, when I run apt-get dist-upgrade, it says that
> > there are no update, no changes what-so-ever that it can make.
> 
> Why not just get FC3 CDs and do the upgrade? How can you be sure that
> your 'apt' cache has all the pacakges that are reqired for an FC2->FC3
> upgrade?
> 
> Satish
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