Announcing the release of Fedora 23 Beta!

Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek zbyszek at in.waw.pl
Tue Sep 22 20:50:51 UTC 2015


On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 01:18:30PM -0600, Nathanael D. Noblet wrote:
> On Tue, 2015-09-22 at 13:33 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 06:21:00PM +0100, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> > > I just used dnf distro-sync as per:
> > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Fedora_22
> > > _-.3E_Fedora_23
> > > 
> > > This went fine, and I'm now typing this on F23 beta.
> > > What are the main advantages of system-upgrade?
> > > Should the above wiki mention the system-uprade instructions?
> > 
> > There's actually a "fedup" script as part of the package. I think we
> > should update the dnf-plugin-system-upgrade to Provide: fedup, and
> > keep
> > the instructions the same. Rationale:
> > 
> > * FedUp has gotten a lot of positive press *just recently*, including
> > this
> >   interview with Jim Whitehurst
> >   http://www.mylinuxrig.com/post/129154618674/the-linux-setup-jim-whi
> > tehurst-presidentceo
> > 
> > * Although the mechanisms are different, the basic concepts,
> >   especially from a user point of view, are very similar
> > 
> > * Documentation won't need (as much) updating
> > 
> > * fedup.sh is already done
> > 
> > * FedUp is an awesome name
> > 
> > * People get all stabby over changes. Let's save getting stabbed for
> >   when we really need it.
> > 
> So I noticed a little while ago fedup on my system was replaced by dnf-
> plugin-system-upgrade. Running fedup gets you the dnf 'this command is
> no longer the one to use use dnf system-upgrade...' I used it and am
> running F23 Beta now. It may be too late. One thing though is I
> searched for fedup first, found the wiki and it has nothing about using
> dnf on it anymore.
> 
> Otherwise it seemed to run fine.
> 
> It didn't however relabel the system during the upgrade which caused a
> few selinux messages. Should it?
I don't think it should: dnf-system-upgrade is just installing rpms.
selinux.rpm has a %postinstall script which does some relabelling.
What files were mislebelled exactly? Maybe you should file a bug
against selinux-policy.

Zbyszek


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