Upgarding with Yum FC2 to FC4

[tlc]

its not recommended ... but I have done it .. basically you just change
your source packages to the FC4 repos instead of the FC2 repos. The
install deleted a lot of needed packages for xorg and gnome, so I just
kept a list of the deleted packages and then installed those later on.
Many of the package names changed completely so they are not viewed as a
direct upgrade. So you may try to install one of those packages and you
will get a message that says that package has been replaced by this
package, and then you can install that package.

I wouldn't do it on a production machine, I would only try it if you
were willing to wipe it out and start over if need be. Your safest way
is just to start over. I had a problem upgrading from FC3 to FC4 and
used the DVD. FC4 uses gcc4 and a bunch of things broke.

So be careful and back your stuff up.


On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 12:17 +0300, Ivan Ivanov wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> I have a laptop with FC2 installed on it. Is it possible to upgrade
> the whole FC2 distribution to FC4 distribution using yum? If it is
> possible could you please provide me some steps or pointers.
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> Regards
> Ivan
> 
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