[Yum] Using yum for system upgrades
Jim McConnell
jim at mcconnell.net
Mon Feb 16 20:22:05 UTC 2004
on 2/16/2004 3:02 PM seth vidal said the following:
> you really don't want to do this.
Why? The cruft problem below? Will the likelihood of rpm database
corruption increase? I have no illusions about the potential for data
loss here; it is quite high. It's a risk I'm willing to take. Just for
grins, I'm going to make an ISO backup of the system, download it, burn
it, restore it, and see what happens if I DO do this on hardware I don't
care about.
> You really really really want to backup all your data and config files
> and reinstall completely brand new on fc1.
Again, I'd like to know why?
Were that an option, I would do that. I do not have physical access to
the machine, and there are no other machines on the same vlan that I
have access to. Yes, it's not the greatest situation. You do odd
things for free bandwidth...
>>2. Due to the above problem, should I step from RH7.2 -> RH8 -> RH9 ->
>> FC1? This seems like a huge waste of time, yet much safer. Given
>> the choice, I'll choose safety.
>
> don't do this either - you will collect gratuitous cruft.
To me, you are saying "yum upgrade" collects some amount of cruft each
time, and that through repeated usage, cruft will accumulate?
So, since I cannot perform a complete reinstallation, might you have
another suggestion?
-Jim
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