Yum update after f17 -> f18 fedup via iso

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 19:50 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote:
> 
> Am 15.01.2013 19:45, schrieb Patrick O'Callaghan:
> > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 18:03 +0000, Frank Murphy wrote:
> >> On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:30:03 -0430
> >> Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 17:47 +0000, Frank Murphy wrote:
> >>>> On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:45:34 -0500 (EST)
> >>>> JOYCE POLZIN <foxec208 at wowway.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> sudo yum update 
> >>>>> Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit 
> >>>>> Error: Package tuple ('libpng-compat', 'x86_64', '2', '1.5.10',
> >>>>> '1.fc17') could not be found in rpmdb 
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What's up with this?? 
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> after fedup-cli,
> >>>> did you run yum distro-sync?
> >>>
> >>> Why do you think that would be necessary?
> >>>
> >>> poc
> >>>
> >>
> >> Because op updated from an iso, 
> >> which may not have all his F17 installed rpms as F18 on it.
> >> yum distro-sync, should get any not on it.
> > 
> > What you mean is "yum update". distro-sync is something else entirely,
> > and AFAIK makes no sense when using fedup as the latter already does all
> > the distro syncing.
> 
> no
> 
> "yum distro-sync" is EXACTLY for "i want all me installed packages
> in the same version as they are currently in the repos and REALLY
> in the same version, independent if this means update / downgrade
> or whatever"
> 
> this is as example the way to go if you have installed packages
> from updates-testing which you want get rid of
> 
> "distro-sync" is the only way to get to a 100% defined package set

If that's actually what you want, then OK. But that's not what the OP
asked about.

poc