Can I delete *FC3* files from my FC4 system?

Nat Gross nat101l at gmail.com
Thu Jan 26 15:34:16 UTC 2006


On 1/26/06, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
<snip>
> Right, you've got a bunch of packages installed with later "FC3"
> versions than the "official" "FC4" versions, and the repos you have
> configured aren't providing updates for these. So what I'd suggest is to
> replace them with the official FC4 packages:
>
> # yum install yum-utils
> # mkdir /tmp/fc4pkgs
> # cd /tmp/fc4pkgs
> # yumdownloader iptstate rsync nmap rhythmbox \
>         nscd syslinux redhat-artwork perl-Digest-SHA1 \
>         nmap-frontend speex
> # rpm -Uvh --oldpackage *.rpm
> # cd /tmp
> # rm -rf fc4pkgs
>
> Then see what you're left with.
Voila! All taken care of! (Only sarg was left and I dont use it, removed it.)
Clean!
Now, I'll try to do the same on anothe box. (On my own<g>.)
Thanks a million;
-nat




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