On Sun, 10 May 2020 at 08:28, Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 2020-05-10 19:15, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote:
>
> On 5/10/20 2:28 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> I don't used gnome software tools to update. However, I think I read that the gnome stuff does now
>> use dnf.
> Yeah, I want to do the same. Could you please share the dnf commands you use for an upgrade and a full distribution upgrade(Upgrading from F31 to F32) ?
This is a good reference.
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/dnf-system-upgrade/
>>
>> If you type
>>
>> sudo dnf history
>>
>> do you get a list of transactions?
>
> Nopes, this is what I get :
>
> $ dnf history
>
> ID | Command line | Date and time | Action(s) | Altered
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 19 | | 2020-05-09 18:02 | D, E, I, U | 2335
> 18 | install -y hexchat | 2020-05-09 16:14 | Install | 1
> 17 | | 2020-05-09 15:14 | I, U | 227
>
>
> As you can see there is no mention of an upgrade here. I wonder if that is because Gnome uses a seperate tty for it or not.
>
It does look as if a system upgrade using the gnome tools does something different.
I suppose I should learn what it does....someday. :-)
“Near-constant effort is required to calibrate and refresh the
understanding of the workings, dependencies, limitations, and
capabilities of what is present,” Cook writes. “Individuals and groups
must be content with partial, fragmented mental models that require more
or less constant updating and adjustment if they are to be useful.”
The article is about Internet facing systems, but much of what he says applies to modern linux distro GUI's.
George N. White III
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