On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Eric Rostetter wrote: > Quoting "Randall J. Parr" <RParr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > Are there instructions are a how-to for upgrading from RH 8.0 to RH 9.0 > > using yum and/or apt-get? > > No complete ones that I know of. But it is fairly easy to do with apt-get, > and only has a few issues (like uninstalling apt-get as part of the upgrade!) > > > Any pointers and/or references would be greatly appreciated. > > I'll try to write up something when I find the time, but I'm still very busy > and just have not had the time lately to do anything (including reply to > people who have asked me personally for help on this type of upgrade). > > > I have been very leary of taking this course but would love to upgrade > > my systems this way. > > In my limited experience, an RH 8.0 to RH 9 upgrade via apt-get works well, > but isn't for the faint of heart. I've also done some other upgrades. My > results are: > > RH 6.1 to RH 6.2 via apt-get Works really well, no problems. > RH 6.2 to RH 7.x via apt-get Many problems that must be worked around. > RH 7.2 to RH 7.3 via apt-get Works okay, only minor problems. > RH 8.0 to RH 9 via apt-get Works well, except it uninstalls a few things > including apt itself, which must be > re-installed > afterwards. > > All the above are apt (sic) to produce some spurious error messages during > the upgrade, but nothing serious. The only difficult upgrade was the 6.x > to 7.x, where a dist-upgrade fails because of dependencies. I ended up doing > it in three steps (apt-get upgrade with new repo, manual install of glibc > and dependencies, then an apt-get dist-upgrade of the new repo). There are couple of important things that make for a smooth apt-upgrade: - Use a version which uses rpmlib for the transaction processing. That makes all the worlds difference for the safety of the upgrade, you wont be left with a system without glibc that way. - Make it use rpm's ordering instead of it's own on any RH-oriented distribution: set 'RPM::Order "true";' in /etc/apt/apt.conf. Apt's internal ordering works more reliably for Conectiva but then they have different packaging standards... - Panu - -- fedora-legacy-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legacy-list
