Upgrade problem F7->F8

[Rahul Sundaram]

Nicolae Ghimbovschi wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to upgrade my F7 -> F8 using yum.
> I'm following the instructions from 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq ,
> but they seem not to work for my case.
> 
> Bellow is the listing of the problem:
> 
> rpm -Uvh 
> http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-8-3.noarch.rpm 
> <http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-8-3.noarch.rpm>                       
> http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-notes-8.0.0-3.noarch.rpm 
> <http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-notes-8.0.0-3.noarch.rpm>
> 
> Retrieving 
> http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-8-3.noarch.rpm 
> <http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-8-3.noarch.rpm>
> Retrieving 
> http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-notes-8.0.0-3.noarch.rpm 
> <http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-notes-8.0.0-3.noarch.rpm>
> 
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         fedora-release = 7 is needed by (installed) 
> fedoramd-release-7-4.tib_fc7.noarch
> 
> #rpm -qi fedora-release

> What is the problem ?

You have installed a third party package called 
fedoramd-release-7-4.tib_fc7.noarch which has a dependency on the older 
fedora-release package that you are trying to update. Removing that 
third party package or pointing it to the equivalent Fedora 8 sources 
should help.

Rahul