upgrading to fedora core 2

[Matthew Zimmerman]

Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
> At 09:03 1/22/2004, you wrote:
> 
>> In practice, there are some [issues with upgrading from RHL to Fedora 
>> via apt/yum]:
>>
>> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-January/msg02421.html
> 
> The original question was about upgrading from FC1 to FC2 via apt/yum. I 
> think the original answer of "in theory, no problem" may or may not be 
> right but is reasonable. The fact that X or Y problem existed upgrading 
> from a previous (not even the latest) version of RHL is not relevant to 
> that question, nor does it imply that the same problems will continue to 
> exist.

Yes, that is true. And in fact I get the impression few people have had 
trouble with "yum upgrade"s so far. But I merely report the fact some 
people have pointed out that problems are theoretically possible.

The article I quoted doesn't refer to problems with a previous upgrade, 
it discusses the issues that *are* likely to arise in the future. 
Specifically, if there is a major update of Python or glibc or anything 
else that yum (or up2date or apt) depends upon that causes it to break 
during the upgrade process, you're up the proverbial creek (at least 
until you pop in the CD and fire up anaconda).

It might not happen; it appears not to have happened for 8 -> 9 or
9 -> FC1. But it *could* happen in the future, and AFAIK the developers 
haven't designed a system to specifically prevent it. (Please correct
me if I'm wrong!)

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       Matt

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