fedora 16 to 17upgrade fails again

Patrick Dupre pdupre at kegtux.org
Sat Aug 4 23:42:27 UTC 2012


On 2012-08-05 01:35, Reindl Harald wrote:
> Am 05.08.2012 01:24, schrieb Patrick Dupre:
>> Hello,
>>
>> This is the second time that it happens:
>> The uograde from fedora 16 to 17 fails with the message:
>> The /usr merge script failed. THis is required for Fedora 17 to 
>> work. The upgrade cannot continue.
>>
>> Then, it is impossible to boor on the previous installation.
>>
>> This is a real serious bug (x86_64)
>
> why in the world do you not use yum?
> i made some hundret of dist-upgrades with it
> and yes there where until now 4 f16->f17 part of it


Because I do not have the internet connexion to do so.
In addition, the use of the DVD should be more reliable in case of 
connection
break down which is common.



> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Fedora_16_-.3E_Fedora_17

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