yum upgrade F8->F9

[Michael Schwendt]

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:33:32 -0700 (PDT), Globe Trotter wrote:

> > Verify that a newer claws-mail is available actually. It
> > must be seen by
> > Yum, or else you keep the F8 pkg and its dependencies.
> > Sometimes packagers
> > make mistakes and offer a newer pkg release for the older
> > dist(s). Make
> > sure F9 Updates (or even Test Updates) repo is enabled, so
> > really the
> > latest F9 pkgs are used as updates.
> 
> Hmmm, man thanks! But the claws-mail is exactly the same, but for the distribution number. On FC8 (installed), it is:
> 
> claws-mail-3.5.0-1.fc8
> 
> On FC9, the latest is:
> 
> claws-mail-3.5.0-1.fc9
> 
> Do I just use enablerepo=updates to be sure that F9 updates is being enabled. I was relying on the default, which seems to have worked previously.
> 

By default it is enabled. Though for a Yum-based upgrade you need to make
sure you upgrade the "fedora-release" package first, so the $releasever
variable in Yum's repository definitions becomes 9. (Some people modify
the .repo files manually and forget pointing some of them to Fedora 9.
Then they mix Fedora 8 and 9 and see dependency problems.)