what has 'yum update' done?

[Reindl Harald]

Am 07.07.2013 17:53, schrieb lee:
> Heinz Diehl <htd at fritha.org> writes:
>> On 07.07.2013, lee wrote: 
>>
>>> What kind of crap is that?
>>
>> I don't know.
>>
>>> And does it mean that there again will be problems with updating when I try
>>> to move to F19?
>>
>> In general, I would always prefer a fresh install over any
>> update. Experience over the years has shown (for me) that updating is more
>> prone to cause various trouble..
> 
> That is not an option.  I can't start from scratch every half year and
> waste a week or two to get the system back to how I need it.  Half a
> year uptime isn't long; a distribution upgrade twice a year is ok and it
> doesn't hurt to reboot then.  Re-installing every half year is
> ridiculous.  If Fedora cannot be updated without major problems, it's
> not useable.

*it can* and i am doing this since many many years having dozens
of machines which are gone from F9 to F18 over they years what
means there was the switch to systemd, UsrMove and so on

and yes i am one of them where a fresh setup would mean some
day sahrd work to get all my customizations back because
i use Linux to 100% control and customize my system

if you follow this guides *strictly* and willing to learn to deal
wtih "package-cleanup --leaves | --problems | --orphans and
to understand how your OS basically works you are fine
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum

if you want simple fire&forget upgrades and not invest time
and energy to learn how the system basically works and what
major changes are meaning for you in case of upgrades use
CentOS or whatever LTS distribution


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