up2date upgrade attempt failed

[Jude DaShiell]

Getting up2date from FC2 and installing it then typing the command: 
up2date -u --upgrade-to-release=fedora-core-rawhide <cr> the first time 
got me back a bunch of python errors.  The second time I tried it, the 
first package that was found failed gpg test so that update attempt also 
failed.  The nearest I ever got was using yum upgrade once yum.conf had 
been edited.  I replaced all instances of $releasever with 2, and 
connection got reset by pier on that attempt.  One thing I found strange 
about $releasever was I couldn't find where it was defined.  At this 
point, I'm wondering if md5sum was hacked.  That would explain all of the 
coasters even on expensive CD's because media check kept on failing on 
disc3 and disc4.  I think I'll wait another few months before trying 
again, I've been told by my doctor I need to get my blood pressure down.