From rpm-list-admin@freshrpms.net Tue Oct 1 14:51:43 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.spamassassin.taint.org Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D5A016F03 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 14:51:22 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 01 Oct 2002 14:51:22 +0100 (IST) Received: from egwn.net (ns2.egwn.net [193.172.5.4]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g91AHaK20618 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 11:17:36 +0100 Received: from auth02.nl.egwn.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by egwn.net (8.11.6/8.11.6/EGWN) with ESMTP id g91AE1f16641; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 12:14:01 +0200 Received: from python (gw01.es3.egwn.net [212.9.66.13]) (authenticated) by egwn.net (8.11.6/8.11.6/EGWN) with ESMTP id g91ACkf07988 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 12:12:46 +0200 From: Matthias Saou To: rpm-zzzlist@freshrpms.net Subject: Re: use new apt to do null to RH8 upgrade? Message-Id: <20021001121244.2d3a0154.matthias@egwn.net> In-Reply-To: <4370000.1033464561@spawn.se7en.org> References: <4370000.1033464561@spawn.se7en.org> Organization: Electronic Group Interactive X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.3claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-redhat-linux) Reply-BY: Tue, 24 Jul 2000 19:02:00 +1000 X-Operating-System: GNU/Linux power! X-Message-Flag: Try using a real operating system : GNU/Linux power! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailscanner: Found to be clean, Found to be clean Sender: rpm-zzzlist-admin@freshrpms.net Errors-To: rpm-zzzlist-admin@freshrpms.net X-Beenthere: rpm-zzzlist@freshrpms.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rpm-zzzlist@freshrpms.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Freshrpms RPM discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Original-Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 12:12:44 +0200 Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 12:12:44 +0200 Once upon a time, Mark wrote : > I remember apt-get dist-upgrading from 7.2 to 7.3 fine, so it -should- > work, maybe :) I've done that too, on many production servers. The only little (unimportant) catch is to replace "kernel-headers" by "glibc-kernheaders", a simple "apt-get install glibc-kernheaders" taking care of that. Upgrading between releases is meant to work, not between betas or beta and releases. The reason is simple : Some packages may have been downgraded, some others may have been rebuilt with the same versions but different dependencies. For both these categories of packages, the upgrade through apt/rhn/whatever just won't do, as some older packages might be considered as the newest, thus being kept on the system. As Red Hat does, I really don't recommend trying to upgrade between betas or from a beta to a final release either. Simply backup your /home, /etc (and /root and/or /usr/local/ if needed) then reinstall cleanly, it'll probably save a few hassles and you'll get the cleanest possible system ;-) Matthias -- Matthias Saou World Trade Center ------------- Edificio Norte 4 Planta System and Network Engineer 08039 Barcelona, Spain Electronic Group Interactive Phone : +34 936 00 23 23 _______________________________________________ RPM-List mailing list http://lists.freshrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list