Fedora-20 beta -

[Chris Murphy]

On Dec 17, 2013, at 12:05 PM, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net> wrote:

> On 17/12/13 13:49, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:38:49 -0500
>> Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> What do I do with a Fedora-20 beta install to update it? It was
>>> updated early this morning and I suspect it is now the equivalent of
>>> the new release.
>> You will need to do a 'yum distro-sync' or re-enable the
>> updates-testing repo if you wish to help test updates. See:
>> 
>> http://www.scrye.com/wordpress/nirik/2013/12/01/updates-testing-and-final-freeze-time-again/
>> 
>> for more info.
>> 
>> kevin
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> It seems they insist testers use a straight Fedora 20 install and I prefer to use XFCE configured as I want things so I gave up on helping test.
> 
> Ok, I ran "yum distro-sync" and that appeared to do what it should.
> 
> Then yum update again:
> 
> [root at box10 bobg]# yum update
> Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit
> Unable to send message to PackageKit
> No packages marked for update

Check commonbugs, in particular this one pertaining to pre-release installation /root permissions:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F20_bugs#.2Froot_permissions_incorrect_on_pre-release_installations

Chris Murphy