On Monday 01 June 2009, David wrote: >On 6/1/2009 3:12 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Monday 01 June 2009, David wrote: >>> On 6/1/2009 12:29 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >>>> On Monday 01 June 2009, Timothy Murphy wrote: >>>>> David wrote: >>>>>>> Is there a way I can try to upgrade now to what will be F11 or do I >>>>>>> have to wait another week? >>>>>> >>>>>> Use preupgrade. Works like a charm. >>>>>> >>>>>> How to use PreUpgrade >>>>>> >>>>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PreUpgrade >>>>>> >>>>>> This will take a while. A long while. >>>>> >>>>> Assuming you have to check the "Display unstable test releases" >>>>> and then choose Rawhide, >>>>> why not say this? >>>> >>>> And it should pointed out that if this is not checked, you have a blank >>>> list, it is NOT possible to select from an uptodate F8 to F10. That >>>> sucks. >>>> >>>> Whats the deal in forcing everybody into rawhide when there is a show >>>> topper bug extant and holding up the F11 release? >>>> >>>> That smacks of a rather massive insult to those of us who just want to >>>> use the machine. It better work or there will be YAKubuntuI before the >>>> day is out. All I wanted to do was add fmit to its (F8 on a HP dv5120us) >>>> repertoire. But F8 doesn't have libasound which the fmit build needs. >>>> This F10 built it ok, and fmit itself hasn't been touched since F6 days, >>>> so why can't an F8 install build it? >>>> >>>>> It may be obvious to you, >>>>> but would not be to many Fedora users. >>>> >>>> Yeah, obviously getting rawhide shoved down our throats. :( >>> >>> For Fedora 8 to Fedora 10 I can not say. Just this weekend I did a >>> preupgrade test of Fedora 9 to Fedora 10 that worked with no problems. >>> >>> I then did a preupgrade test of that same Fedora 10 to what will be, >>> eventually, Fedora 11 which is still Rawhide. Again with no problems. >>> Just time consuming. No one 'forced' me to do an upgrade to Rawhide. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> David >> >> That was my point, David. F9 or F10 is not being presented as an option >> in preupgrade, the only thing you can do is check the box for bleeding >> edge and chose rawhide. That has a very high vacuum rating IMO. > >Where did you 'get' the preupgrade. F8 repo via yumex. > >The Fedora 9 that I started with Saturday came with preupgrade. I clean >installed Fedora 9 and did updates to current. When I ran preupgrade, in >Fedora 9, I was offered Fedora 10 or, by checking the box, Rawhide (to >be Fedora 11). Since the Fedora 10 was up-to-date it's preupgrade >offered 'nothing' except the check box that get 'Rawhide'. > >There was a bug for some, IIRC, with preupgrade in Fedora 9 to Fedora >10. Some but not all. > >Fedora would never 'force' you to use Rawhide. Although it kicks the >poo, IMO, out of Fedora 10. Many changes and improvements. I run Rawhide >all of the time anyway. >-- > > > David -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> I got this powdered water -- now I don't know what to add. -- Steven Wright -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
