Re: Status of Fedup'ng F17->F18; when in doubt, yum upgrade ...
On 03/10/2013 03:36 PM, Max Pyziur wrote:
Greetings,
Because using an updates-testing version of fedup left my F17->F18
upgrade on a dual-core desktop in a mixed state (lots of F18 rpms
interlaced w/ F17 ones).
For a while the machine would boot in an F17 kernel; while went
through a process of 'yum remove'-ing of F18 duplications.
At some point, the kernel went into a panic, and the machine became
unusable.
Initially, I tried to do a fresh install of F18; but since there are
two disks on the machine, /dev/sdb mounted on /home, the installer
kepting hosing when specifying the disk setup.
So, I decided to a fresh 'Minimal Install' of F17, and proceed to F18
from there.
First, I tried fedup (the version that is currently available from
updates, not updates-testing); kernel went into panic mode again.
Re-installed the F17-minimal again, and then did a yum upgrade. Buried
in the wiki
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Fedora_17_-.3E_F...
there is a reference to a fedora-upgrade script packaged as an rpm. It
pulled everything into F18.
So now with a minimal F18 install, I'm adding packages to bring it
back as close as possible to its status-quo working state.
Ironically, thanks to Reindl for the link to the Yum Upgrade Wiki page.
At this point, I think that it's fair to say that F18 has been the
most challenging of all for me since F2: this fedup experience,
coupled with mis-matched release of Postgresql 9.2 and PostGIS 1.5.
Max Pyziur
pyz(a)brama.com
I can only hope that the transitions from F18 to 19....to 20....etc. are
a lot less painful than THIS sounds! I had the most troubel going from
16 to 17.,.....but my move from 17 to 18 wasn't anywhere near as
problematic as THIS!
EGO II