Re: tip: when dnf thinks you are on the wrong release

[Stephen Morris <steve.morris.au@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/11/24 08:46, Stephen Morris wrote:

On 11/11/24 04:30, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:

Hi All,

This happened to me again when I went to upgrade my
shop computer from FC40 to fc41.  So I though I'd repeat
my fix here:

Note: dnf dose not use /etc/redhat-release as it release
version.  It uses
   /usr/share/licenses/fedora/fedora-release-common*

On my F41 system upgraded from F40, it is using /etc/redhat-release to store its release version which for me contains Fedora release 41 (Forty One)
 and /usr/share/fedora/fedora-release-common contains nothing but a legal txt file and a license file, there is no fedora sub-folder of licenses.

    * /usr/share/licenses/fedora-release-common
>  Command
>       "rpm -qa /*fedora-release-common/*" produces nothing.
>       
>       regards,
>       Steve
>         
> >  
> >         -T 
> >         
> >         When dnf thinks you are on the wrong release: 
> >         
> >           if after the upgrade, dnf still thinks you are on the older
> >         version, 
> >               remove the stray "fedora-release-common" 
> >               For example: 
> >                   # rpm -qa \*fedora-release-common\* 
> >                   fedora-release-common-39-36.noarch 
> >                   fedora-release-common-40-39.noarch 
> >                   # dnf remove fedora-release-common-39-36.noarch 
> >                   or globally 
> >                       # dnf upgrade --allowerase --releasever=[your
> >         release, 41 for example] 
> >         
> >       
>       
>

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