On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 09:26 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 06:53 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 08:30 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 15:48 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 16:25 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 01:45 -0300, Armin wrote: > > > > > > On Tuesday 05 August 2008 23:50:19 kwhiskerz wrote: > > > > > > > That was a lot of answers. I guess I get the drift. I have tried Rawhide, > > > > > > > but found it too much work, except when it gets close to a release and I > > > > > > > just can't wait any longer. It sure would be nice if one didn't have to > > > > > > > keep reinstalling twice a year and still have the latest. Well, someone, > > > > > > > someday may figure it out. Rawhide is not for me. Too much work. > > > > > > the thing about Fedora or any other Linux distro is that you don't have to > > > > > > reinstall it everyday like Windows (or every week if you're lucky). You can > > > > > > just have one installation for years. For that, refer to yum upgrade. you > > > > > > don't have to reinstall the whole thing! just upgrade it :D > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Armin > > > > > > > > > > > I have not used preupgrade but historically the result of upgrading has > > > > > not been very satisfactory. Many posts on fedora-list have made this > > > > > clear. And of course there is a limited time before upgrading is no > > > > > longer supported. > > > > ---- > > > > I have used preupgrade and it worked. > > > > > > > > But preupgrade wasn't what Armin recommended or talked about. > > > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > > Neither was I talking about preupgrade. If upgrading worked for you, you > > > were one of the lucky ones. It sometimes worked for me. > > ---- > > I guess I don't know what your contribution to this thread is then because I quoted your statement above where you said you hadn't used preupgrade and then you come back and say that you have. > > > > Craig > > > Craig, > I don't know why we have such trouble communicating. I said I upgraded > from one distribution to the next. I did not say I used preupgrade to do > it. > I am willing to listen to your testimony, but I am unaware that you can > upgrade from F8 to F9 by using yum upgrade. At some point you would have > to change the repos. Are you aware of anyone doing what Armin > suggests,i.e. performing an upgrade essentially to a new distribution > using yum upgrade alone. > > I am willing to learn something new, if that can be done. ---- been discussed on list many times https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/yum/YumUpgradeFaq Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
