Upgrade FedoraCore3 question

Stephen Liu satimis at yahoo.com
Sat Nov 27 08:29:09 UTC 2004


Hi folks,

I'm running FC2 and prepared to upgrade it to FC3 from
Internet.

The current /etc/yum.conf is as follow;

$ cat /etc/yum.conf
>>>>>>>>
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=fedora-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=0
# Added this because some mirrors go down and then
retying takes forever.
retries=1

##################
## Basic Fedora ##
##################

[base]
name=Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Base
baseurl=http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/2/i386/os
  http://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/2/i386/os
 
http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/dist.../core/2/i386/os
 
http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fe.../2/i386/RPMS.os

[updates-released]
name=Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Released Updates
baseurl=ftp://ftp.ens.utulsa.edu/pub/linux/fedora/core/updates/2/i386
  http://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/updates/2/i386
 
http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/dist.../updates/2/i386
 
http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fe...86/RPMS.updates
 
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/p...updates/2/i386/


###################
## Fedora Extras ##
###################

[fedora-stable]
name=Fedora.us Extras (Stable)
baseurl=http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/2/i386/RPMS.stable
 
http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fe...386/RPMS.stable
 
http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fe...386/RPMS.stable
 
http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/...386/RPMS.stable
 
http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fe...386/RPMS.stable

[fedora-unstable]
name=Fedora.us Extras (Unstable)
baseurl=http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basea
rch/RPMS.unstable
 
http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable
 
http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable
 
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable
 
http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable

[fedora-testing]
name=Fedora.us Extras (Testing)
baseurl=http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing
 
http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing
 
http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing
 
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing
 
http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing

###############
## Livna.org ##
###############

[livna-stable]
name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (stable)
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/2/i386/yum/stable
  http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/2/i386/yum/stable

[livna-unstable]
name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (unstable)
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/unstable
 
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/unstable


###################
## Miscellaneous ##
###################

[macromedia.mplug.org]
name=macromedia.mplug.org - Flash Plugin
baseurl=http://macromedia.mplug.org/apt/fedora/2
  http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/macromedia/apt/fedora/2
>>> End of Yum.conf <<<


Whether changing all "/fedora/core/2/" to
"/fedora/$releasever/" in /etc/yum.conf as follows;

/etc/yum.conf
>>>>>>>>
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=fedora-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=0
# Added this because some mirrors go down and then
retying takes forever.
retries=1

##################
## Basic Fedora ##
##################

[base]
name=Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Base
baseurl=http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/i386/os
 
http://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/$releasever/i386/os
 
http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/dist...ora/linux/core/$releasever/i386/os
 
http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/i386/RPMS.os

[updates-released]
name=Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Released Updates
baseurl=ftp://ftp.ens.utulsa.edu/pub/linux/fedora/core/updates/$releasever/i386
 
http://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/updates/$releasever/i386
 
http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/dist...x/core/updates/$releasever/i386
 
http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/i386/RPMS.updates
 
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/p...x/core/updates/$releasever/i386/


###################
## Fedora Extras ##
###################

[fedora-stable]
name=Fedora.us Extras (Stable)
baseurl=http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/i386/RPMS.stable
 
http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fedora/$releasever/i386/RPMS.stable
 
http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/i386/RPMS.stable
 
http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/fedora/$releasever/i386/RPMS.stable
 
http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/i386/RPMS.stable

[fedora-unstable]
name=Fedora.us Extras (Unstable)
baseurl=http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basea
rch/RPMS.unstable
 
http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable
 
http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable
 
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable
 
http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable

[fedora-testing]
name=Fedora.us Extras (Testing)
baseurl=http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing
 
http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing
 
http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing
 
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing
 
http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing

###############
## Livna.org ##
###############

[livna-stable]
name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (stable)
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/i386/yum/stable
 
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/i386/yum/stable

[livna-unstable]
name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (unstable)
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/unstable
 
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/unstable


###################
## Miscellaneous ##
###################

[macromedia.mplug.org]
name=macromedia.mplug.org - Flash Plugin
baseurl=http://macromedia.mplug.org/apt/fedora/$releasever
 
http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/macromedia/apt/fedora/$releasever
>>> End of Yum.conf <<<

and then run
# yum update

will take effect.

Any precaution, not to run the box to unstable state
OR even the worst, not working and erasing all
existing config files resulted.

Kindly advise. TIA

B.R.
Stephen Liu




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