I agree. Unfortunately, my company does not. They are asking for a tool that will automagically make a Fedora Core 2 box upgraded from Redhat 9 look just like an everything scratch-install of FC2. I don't want to modify system-config-packages, or write something from scratch if there is a way to do this with existing tools. On Thursday 24 June 2004 5:02 pm, Jim Bradbury wrote: > Travis, > > I would just install FC2. It will upgrade your existing packages you have > in RH9 if they're on the FC2 disks. Then decide what additional packages > you want and add or update those. There are probably things that you don't > want with an "Everything" install like multiple web browsers and desktops. > > This approach works for me. > > -= Jim =- > > Travis Abbott wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to upgrade a whole bunch of RH9 boxes to FC2. It seems > > anaconda won't install any new packages, it only updates existing > > packages it has newer versions of. I'm trying to get these RH9 boxes to > > be as close to an "everything" install of FC2 as possible. I also notice > > that there is no "everything" group in system-config-packages, it doesn't > > exist in comps.xml. I took a look at anaconda and it seems they generate > > it by adding all the packages that match the architecture in the hdlist > > to the group (filtering out a few). What I'm wondering is whether or not > > there is an easy way to use system-config-packages to update the system > > with "everything" on the installation media, or is there another tool I > > should look into? > > > > Thanks, > > Travis Abbott -- Fedora-config-list mailing list Fedora-config-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-config-list