Hi *,
will it be "official supported" to update from one Fedora-Core to the next major Fedora-Core Version while the machine is doing it's normal (server) work? Like a "rpm -F *" on a RHL8 machine in a directory with a rpms of RHL9. (Does this really work? I never tried, but was told it would.)
Okay, one reboot (needed to run the new kernel) will be needed and is IMHO okay, but a downtime of 30 min or 1h and waiting in the surroundings of the machine to change the CDs is sometimes very disturbing.
Especially if I'm forced to update at least once a year if security updates will only be provided for the current and the last Fedora-Core Version (Yes, I know, I can buy Red Hat Enterprise Linux if I really need longer support, but that is not always an option for small/medium sized home servers or firms).
CU Thorsten Leemhuis
On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 11:50, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
Hi *,
will it be "official supported" to update from one Fedora-Core to the next major Fedora-Core Version while the machine is doing it's normal (server) work? Like a "rpm -F *" on a RHL8 machine in a directory with a rpms of RHL9. (Does this really work? I never tried, but was told it would.)
I think the answer to this is that if people are interested in it, and are willing to do the necessary work of:
- Testing - Fixing problems they find
Than it can be a feature of Fedora; it's not something that, as far as I know, Red Hat is going to spend engineering resources on, but that doesn't constrain the possible features of Fedora.
(rpm -Fvh * doens't really quite work, but yum, apt-rpm, etc. can make a closer approximation to what the installer does on an upgrade.)
Regards, Owen
Owen Taylor wrote:
On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 11:50, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
Hi *,
will it be "official supported" to update from one Fedora-Core to the next major Fedora-Core Version while the machine is doing it's normal (server) work? Like a "rpm -F *" on a RHL8 machine in a directory with a rpms of RHL9. (Does this really work? I never tried, but was told it would.)
I think the answer to this is that if people are interested in it, and are willing to do the necessary work of:
- Testing
- Fixing problems they find
Than it can be a feature of Fedora; it's not something that, as far as I know, Red Hat is going to spend engineering resources on, but that doesn't constrain the possible features of Fedora.
(rpm -Fvh * doens't really quite work, but yum, apt-rpm, etc. can make a closer approximation to what the installer does on an upgrade.)
Regards, Owen
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Personally I have been using apt-get with RH8 and RH9 for some time now and have found that apt does a great job of this. Simply add the apt repository for the newer version to your sources.list file and do "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade".
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