First impressions of a system update with yum

Benjamin Lewis ben.lewis at benl.co.uk
Fri Jun 1 13:45:24 UTC 2007


Yeah, its just it usually explodes when I do it, so I'm happy - now to
sort out my laptop...

Jon Ciesla wrote:
> Actually, I've done this several times, I have a server that began life as
> FC3, and another as RH8.  I've been yum upgrading since FC3, and this was
> just my first for F7.  I several more to do yet. :)
>
>   
>> Same here, no problems - this is the first time its worked for me too!
>>
>> Jon Ciesla wrote:
>>     
>>> My first 32-bit x86 yum upgrade is finished, with no major
>>> complications.
>>> So far.  I'll let you know. . .
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> On 5/31/07, Matthias Saou
>>>> <thias at spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.egg.and.spam.freshrpms.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Other current thought : To hell with it, format "/" and reinstall from
>>>>> DVD...
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> This is my normal course of action. I don't want to deal with the
>>>> leftover packages and the missing new packages. I just let Anaconda do
>>>> its job.
>>>>
>>>> I have two partitions for root, the current release, and the new or
>>>> old release. That way my old root with a working system is available
>>>> if some hardware seems to not work.
>>>>
>>>> Also, I don't bother with a DVD or CD, I just use the grub hack.
>>>>
>>>> -Schlaegel
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>         
>>>
>>>       
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>>
>> Benjamin Lewis
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