Re: 'dnf system-upgrade reboot' doesn't do anything

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On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Kamil Paral composed on 2016-08-30 06:24 (UTC-0400):
>
>>> Following the instructions on
>>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DNF_system_upgrade
>>> eventually I reached
>>> dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever=25
>>> which apparently completed without error, ending by directing to run
>>> dnf system-upgrade reboot.
>>> So, I did, and it booted normally. Nothing is running that isn't supposed to
>>> be running in a normal boot.
>>> dnf system-upgrade log
>>> reports no logs found. The only dnf string in journalctl -b is starting the
>>> makecache timer. This is not the first time I've tried those wiki page
>>> instructions exactly like this with same result. What's supposed to be
>>> happening that isn't?
>
>> It's supposed to boot into an offline updates mode, and do the upgrade.
>> Please file a bug and attach logs ("journalctl -b -1" after you boot into
>> standard desktop instead of offline updates mode). Thanks.
>
> What I was looking for is the process that triggers "offline updates mode".
> If it involves the bootloader, I know whatever it may be simply doesn't
> exist. This is a multiboot installation, so no Fedora bootloader is involved
> in its boot process. If not bootloader related, I'll go ahead and file a bug,
> or even if it is, but you indicate you want one anyway.

https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.offline-updates.html

What triggers it is the creation of /system-update symlink and a
reboot. Then systemd picks that up and for that boot considers
system-update.target the default target.


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