On 1 May 2003, seth vidal wrote: > I've done them from 7.1->7.3 and now from 7.3->9 but major version > updates are given to packaging errors (someone forgets that name of foo > is now bar so bar needs to obsolete foo, etc) > > So occasionally it takes some concerted effort to watch for which pkgs > have old legacy things that can block an upgrade. > As always! :) > oh and you should always use yum upgrade for a distro-version change. > > obsoletes should be consulted in those cases. > Thanks for the clarification! -n -- ---------------------------------------- nathan hruby <nathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> computer services specialist uga drama & theatre reality is a moving target ----------------------------------------