Upgrade fc7 to fc8 not possible with yum

Upgrade from fc7 to fc8 is not possible by yum because 2 packages are not available to update.How to overcome this problem?

[g]

[e-mail] wrote:
> Upgrade from fc7 to fc8 is not possible by yum because 2 packages are not

which 2?

--

tc,hago.

g
.

in a free world without fences, who needs gates.

[Tim]

On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 23:29 -0400, [e-mail] wrote:
> Upgrade from fc7 to fc8 is not possible by yum because 2 packages are
> not available to update.How to overcome this problem?

Simple answer:  Uninstall those packages before doing the upgrade, then
manually re-install them afterwards.

NB:  Don't post HTML mail to the list.  Find the options to turn it off
in your mail client.

[Javier Perez]

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 4:09 AM, Tim  wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 23:29 -0400, [e-mail] wrote:
> > Upgrade from fc7 to fc8 is not possible by yum because 2 packages are
> > not available to update.How to overcome this problem?
>
> Simple answer:  Uninstall those packages before doing the upgrade, then
> manually re-install them afterwards.
>
> NB:  Don't post HTML mail to the list.  Find the options to turn it off
> in your mail client.
>
> --
> [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r
> 2.6.25.4-30.fc9.i686
>
> Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored.  I
> read messages from the public lists.
>
> --
> fedora-list mailing list
> [e-mail]
> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

Use package-cleanup --problems to uncover orphans like that and remove them
before upgrading.