On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:05:25 +0100 Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > that is not the point it is for this post. > > the point is that "yum update" IS ALWAYS WRONG for a dist-upgrade > the point is that ANY yum-commadn alone is NOT ENOUGH http://www.thefreedictionary.com/synopsis > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Fedora_17_-.3E_Fedora_18 > > * yum update yum > * yum clean all > * yum --releasever=18 --disableplugin=presto distro-sync > * Rebuild rpm database: su -c 'rpm --rebuilddb', or rpm -qa will > not work due to an upgrade of rpm > > have fun with yum and rpm commands if you miss the last step never had problems with yum or rpm, oh wait I have a cron for both yumdb and rpm > > > If someone doesn't want to check tread or archive > > I'm not going to lose sleep Harald > > you should lose sleep if someone is doing it Nah, most people can read. > >> yum update --releasever=18 from a (level 3 boot) > >> Have done it since F13 > F14 > F15 > F16 > F17 > F18 http://www.thefreedictionary.com/synopsis > > do you not understand that with this two lines you lead > people to damage their system because they are simply > bullshit and dangerous? posts like yours are the root > cause of other threads to solve troubles I lead people to ask more questions, which is good. > > postings like yours are the reason for "dist upgrade with > yum makes troubles most of the time" while people like me > following instructions, try to understand them and made > some hundret upgrades without troubles --ditto--, bur only a dozen or so. > > so especially in case of SENSITIVE things like a dist-upgrade > be specific and 100% correct or do not say anything at all > http://www.thefreedictionary.com/synopsis Waiting on your retort, you always seem to crave the last word. I'll let you to it, I tire of this childhood parry. -- Regards, Frank ln -s http//www.frankly3d.com http://www.frankly3d.eu -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org