system upgrade from F28 to F31: problem with installed package NetworkManager-libnm

[Frédéric]

Hi,

I would like to upgrade a system from F28 to F31. But I get the following error:

 Problem: problem with installed package
NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.10.12-3.fc28.x86_64
  - package NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.20.10-1.fc31.x86_64 conflicts
with NetworkManager-glib < 1:1.20.10-1.fc31 provided by
NetworkManager-glib-1:1.10.12-3.fc28.x86_64
  - package NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.20.4-1.fc31.x86_64 conflicts with
NetworkManager-glib < 1:1.20.4-1.fc31 provided by
NetworkManager-glib-1:1.10.12-3.fc28.x86_64
  - NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.10.12-3.fc28.x86_64 does not belong to a
distupgrade repository
  - problem with installed package NetworkManager-glib-1:1.10.12-3.fc28.x86_64
(try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting
packages or '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages)

--allowerasing does not seem to be a nice option. In particular, I do
not have a physical access to the computer so if I loose the network,
it will be difficult to recover.

Any idea what I can do?

Thanks,

F

[Samuel Sieb]

On 5/11/20 9:47 AM, Frédéric wrote:
>  I would like to upgrade a system from F28 to F31. But I get the
> following error: 
Only skipping a single version is "supported".  You should upgrade to 
either F29 or F30 before going to F31. I would recommend F29 if you want 
to get to F31 or else go to F30, then F32.

>    Problem: problem with installed package
>  NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.10.12-3.fc28.x86_64
>     - package NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.20.10-1.fc31.x86_64 conflicts
>  with NetworkManager-glib < 1:1.20.10-1.fc31 provided by
>  NetworkManager-glib-1:1.10.12-3.fc28.x86_64
>     - package NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.20.4-1.fc31.x86_64 conflicts with
>  NetworkManager-glib < 1:1.20.4-1.fc31 provided by
>  NetworkManager-glib-1:1.10.12-3.fc28.x86_64
>     - NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.10.12-3.fc28.x86_64 does not belong to a
>  distupgrade repository
>     - problem with installed package NetworkManager-glib-1:1.10.12-3.fc28.x86_64
>  (try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting
>  packages or '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages)
>  
>  --allowerasing does not seem to be a nice option. In particular, I do
>  not have a physical access to the computer so if I loose the network,
>  it will be difficult to recover. 
I think there is an obsolete package in there. Try adding 
"--allowerasing" and see what dnf says will be removed.  If you are 
unsure if it's ok, then post back here with the result.

[Frédéric]

>  Only skipping a single version is "supported".  You should
> upgrade to
>  either F29 or F30 before going to F31. I would recommend F29 if you want
>  to get to F31 or else go to F30, then F32. 
Thanks, F28 -> F30 apparently works.