F11 upgrade i[36]86 to i586 Arch warning

[Jerry Amundson]

Is the subject necessary?
Quoting the install:

The arch of the release of Fedora you are upgrading to appears to be i586
which does not match your previously installed arch of i686. This is likely to
not succeed. Are you sure you wish to continue the upgrade process?"
Answer "No" to abort process.

It's odd enough that the installer is guessing - "the release of
Fedora you are upgrading to appears to be i586" - that's not
instilling much confidence is this already! :)
To top that, "This is likely to not succeed."

Anyone care to enlighten me as to will, most assuredly, succeed.
That's what I would rather use....

jerry

[drago01]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Jerry Amundson  wrote:
> Is the subject necessary?
> Quoting the install:
>
> The arch of the release of Fedora you are upgrading to appears to be i586
> which does not match your previously installed arch of i686. This is likely to
> not succeed. Are you sure you wish to continue the upgrade process?"
> Answer "No" to abort process.
>
> It's odd enough that the installer is guessing - "the release of
> Fedora you are upgrading to appears to be i586" - that's not
> instilling much confidence is this already! :)
> To top that, "This is likely to not succeed."
>
> Anyone care to enlighten me as to will, most assuredly, succeed.
> That's what I would rather use....

The message is bogos and should be removed to avoid confusing users.
Please file a bug.

[Chris Lumens]

> > The arch of the release of Fedora you are upgrading to appears to be i586
> > which does not match your previously installed arch of i686. This is likely to
> > not succeed. Are you sure you wish to continue the upgrade process?"
> > Answer "No" to abort process.
> >
> > It's odd enough that the installer is guessing - "the release of
> > Fedora you are upgrading to appears to be i586" - that's not
> > instilling much confidence is this already! :)
> > To top that, "This is likely to not succeed."
> >
> > Anyone care to enlighten me as to will, most assuredly, succeed.
> > That's what I would rather use....
>
> The message is bogos and should be removed to avoid confusing users.
> Please file a bug.

No, this particular instance of the message is bogus.  The message
itself serves a very important role:  preventing people from trying to
upgrade an x86-64 install with an i586 tree, for instance.

Anyway what release is this?  This should have been fixed way back in
the end of March.

- Chris

[drago01]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Chris Lumens  wrote:
> > > The arch of the release of Fedora you are upgrading to appears to be i586
> > > which does not match your previously installed arch of i686. This is likely to
> > > not succeed. Are you sure you wish to continue the upgrade process?"
> > > Answer "No" to abort process.
> > >
> > > It's odd enough that the installer is guessing - "the release of
> > > Fedora you are upgrading to appears to be i586" - that's not
> > > instilling much confidence is this already! :)
> > > To top that, "This is likely to not succeed."
> > >
> > > Anyone care to enlighten me as to will, most assuredly, succeed.
> > > That's what I would rather use....
> >
> > The message is bogos and should be removed to avoid confusing users.
> > Please file a bug.
>
> No, this particular instance of the message is bogus.

That's what I meant.

For x86 -> x86_64 or similar cases it is indeed correct.

[Jerry Amundson]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Chris Lumens  wrote:
> > > The arch of the release of Fedora you are upgrading to appears to be i586
> > > which does not match your previously installed arch of i686. This is likely to
> > > not succeed. Are you sure you wish to continue the upgrade process?"
> > > Answer "No" to abort process.
> > >
> > > It's odd enough that the installer is guessing - "the release of
> > > Fedora you are upgrading to appears to be i586" - that's not
> > > instilling much confidence is this already! :)
> > > To top that, "This is likely to not succeed."
> > >
> > > Anyone care to enlighten me as to will, most assuredly, succeed.
> > > That's what I would rather use....
> >
> > The message is bogos and should be removed to avoid confusing users.
> > Please file a bug.
>
> No, this particular instance of the message is bogus.  The message
> itself serves a very important role:  preventing people from trying to
> upgrade an x86-64 install with an i586 tree, for instance.
>
> Anyway what release is this?  This should have been fixed way back in
> the end of March.

Fedora 11 Preview, i386.

[Jerry Amundson]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Chris Lumens  wrote:
> > > The arch of the release of Fedora you are upgrading to appears to be i586
> > > which does not match your previously installed arch of i686. This is likely to
> > > not succeed. Are you sure you wish to continue the upgrade process?"
> > > Answer "No" to abort process.
> > >
> > > It's odd enough that the installer is guessing - "the release of
> > > Fedora you are upgrading to appears to be i586" - that's not
> > > instilling much confidence is this already! :)
> > > To top that, "This is likely to not succeed."
> > >
> > > Anyone care to enlighten me as to will, most assuredly, succeed.
> > > That's what I would rather use....
> >
> > The message is bogos and should be removed to avoid confusing users.
> > Please file a bug.

I've entered https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=498280
> No, this particular instance of the message is bogus.  The message
> itself serves a very important role:  preventing people from trying to
> upgrade an x86-64 install with an i586 tree, for instance.
>
> Anyway what release is this?  This should have been fixed way back in
> the end of March.

Is it preferred to Reopen a previous bz, if one existed?

Thanks,
jerry