updating fedora 1 > 2

[Phil Schaffner]

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-May/msg06795.html

On Sat, 2004-06-19 at 20:10 +0000, javac javac wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James Wilkinson <james at westexe.demon.co.uk>
> Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 11:08:38 +0100
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: updating fedora 1 > 2
> 
> > javac javac wrote:
> > > what exactly is the difference between FC1 and FC2?  surely only a few
> > > files change...but which ones? 
> > 
> > No, there are *massive* amounts of changes. You've got a new version of
> > the kernel, a new version of GNOME, a new security framework (SELinux),
> > and practically every other package has been updated.
> [..]
> 
> I asked because I'd like Fedora to ask me if I'd like to upgrade to FC2, and then do it with one click if I agree.  guess that's not gonna happen ;)
> 
> I'll take a closer look at up2date..any pointers on how keep "up to date" painlessly?

No painless way to do an update from FC1 to FC2.  Best bet is to do a
clean install, next best is to do an anaconda upgrade; however, if you
want to give it a shot check out threads like...

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-May/msg06795.html

Particularly note the link to Seth Vidal's page.

To keep up to date (relatively) painlessly after getting FC2 running,
use the yum update service in cron - available in some versions of yum -
or add a crontab entry that does "yum -y update".  up2date and apt-get
are also options, but IMHO not as good as yum.

Phil