Re: Yum update after f17 -> f18 fedup via iso

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On Wed, 2013-01-16 at 01:49 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote:
> Am 16.01.2013 00:54, schrieb Patrick O'Callaghan:
> > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 22:26 +0000, Frank Murphy wrote:
> >> On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:49:32 -0430
> >> Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Not if your using an iso as the source.
> >>>> As dvd doesn't normally use update just the fedora tree.
> >>>> hasn't up to F17 at least, when used as an updater.
> >>>
> >>> If updating from an ISO, use fedup and then yum update. That's all I
> >>> meant. If using a network install, fedup should do everything.
> >>>
> >> Yum distro-sync is always safer,
> >> as it allow for nvr errors,
> >> which yum update doesn't
> > 
> > Always safer than what? 
> 
> safer than "yum update"
> was the 3 lines text really too much to read?

Was my meaning too hard to understand? The previous poster is replying
to my comment about using fedup followed by yum update. It's entirely
logical to ask what he means by "safer".

I'm still wondering what "nvr" means.

poc

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