On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Matthew Page wrote: > Make that, my work computer started at the base FC2 install from the > CDs, same as my home computer. > > > > 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. Don't know how apt does the depsolve - but yum uses the 'rpm' database to do the depencency resolution - so it should do what you want. Usual caveats [of not using the CD installer for upgrade] apply Satish
