OK. Thanx! I guess someone ought to clean up the man page :) ---------------------------------------- > From: pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:35:18 -0430 > Subject: RE: Using yum to upgrade from fc7 to fc8 > > You are reading too much into the man page (or the man page is poorly > written). "... better for distro-version changes" does not equate to > "... can implement distro version changes without any help". > > poc > > On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 12:40 -0700, Markus Kesaromous wrote: >> You mean the man page is in error? It says: >> >> If the --obsoletes flag is present yum will include package >> obsoletes in its calculations - this makes it better for dis- >> tro-version changes, for example: upgrading from somelinux 8.0 >> to somelinux 9. >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------- >>> From: pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx >>> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:40:43 -0430 >>> Subject: Re: Using yum to upgrade from fc7 to fc8 >>> >>> On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 22:49 -0700, Markus Kesaromous wrote: >>>> The yum man page says that if yum is invoked as >>>> yum --obsoletes update >>>> it will upgrade from older distro release to next higher >>>> one (or I assume more recent release). >>> >>> You assume wrongly. yum will update from one package version to another, >>> but not automatically from one distro release to another. It can be >>> persuaded to do so but you have to work at it, see: >>> >>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq >>> >>> poc >>> >>> -- >>> fedora-list mailing list >>> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Back to work after baby–how do you know when you’re ready? >> http://lifestyle.msn.com/familyandparenting/articleNW.aspx?cp-documentid=5797498&ocid=T067MSN40A0701A >> > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself wherever you are. Mobilize! http://www.gowindowslive.com/Mobile/Landing/Messenger/Default.aspx?Locale=en-US?ocid=TAG_APRIL -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
