Re: yum+preupgrade+anaconda: Cannot upgrade release with 'exclude=' entries in /etc/yum.conf

[Gerry Reno <greno@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

James Antill wrote:

Gerry Reno <greno@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

  

I've been trying to upgrade some of our systems using preupgrade,
which uses a combination of yum + anaconda. 
    

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It turns out that TurboGears is one of the packages in the 'exclude='
list in /etc/yum.conf.   So it looks like there is a disconnect
between the 'yum' part of the preupgrade processing and the 'anaconda'
part of the process.
    

 File an RFE on preupgrade, it'll probably need to be an option but it
might be able to be a pretty visible one.
 We have --disableexclude and --disableplugin already, adding support
for those to preupgrade is probably trivial. Adding something more
"obvious" is more work though.

  

I filed a bug on this:  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491577

Yes, I know about the disable options already available in yum.  But that is what we don't want to do.  We want the options to remain in effect for both yum and anaconda portions of the preupgrade process.  What I think is happening right now is that the yum portion is respecting the excludes but the anaconda portion is not and this creates the problem.  So I think it is an anaconda problem in its "Upgrade existing system" logic.  That logic needs to go look for yum excludes entries on the existing system.

Regards,
Gerry

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