Hello;
I'm fairly new to using yum, but so far the documentation has been
straightforward, and I've experienced no problems. I've got a Red Hat
7.2 system, that has recently become mine to maintain. I easily updated
the system to use the latest 7.2 updates.
I'm now interested in upgrading from RH7.2 to FC1. I understand I need
to grab the FC1 version of yum and fedora-release prior to attempting
this, and add them to the system via "rpm -Uvh".
I haven't attempted this yet, but:
1. Won't this fail because of a dependency on a later version of rpm,
and perhaps other things as well?
2. Due to the above problem, should I step from RH7.2 -> RH8 -> RH9 ->
FC1? This seems like a huge waste of time, yet much safer. Given
the choice, I'll choose safety.
3. How can I see what is going to happen prior to committing to "yum
upgrade"? I'd REALLY like to see that. I feel comfortable stepping
through the versions, but I'd prefer to know what is about to happen
before it does. ;)
Thanks to the yum devel team for their efforts, and all those who donate
their bandwidth to public repositories.
-Jim
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Jim McConnell <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
