Upgrading from FC1 to FC2 via apt-get

Phil Schaffner Philip.R.Schaffner at NASA.gov
Tue May 18 16:08:59 UTC 2004


On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 11:47, bdw at briandwright.com wrote:
> Good morning, list!
> 
> First, my congratulations to the Fedora team for releasing FC2 on
> schedule. :)
> 
> I upgraded from RH 9 to FC1 via the apt-get utility, and was wondering if
> that was adviseable for FC2.

No - kernel, glibc, ... are problematic:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-April/msg01113.html

Some claim it can be done, so if you get it to work, please post the
details.

> My big concern is the new file naming conventions for the X.org release of
> X Windows.  I think the config file for X would have to be regenerated.

Among other problems.  Best to do an anaconda upgrade, or better yet a
clean install.

Phil






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