On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 22:41 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > seth vidal wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 11:49 -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > >> On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 17:17:41 +0100, > >> Bill Crawford <billcrawford1970@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> On 07/04/2008, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> > >>> A suggestion (not able to try myself as I no longer have an F7 machine > >>> to try) is, make sure you use "upgrade" rather than "update" as the > >>> yum command. I usually attempt to upgrade yum first when doing this > >>> sort of thing, but that will probably pull in updates to python and > >>> various libraries anyway, and before you know it you'll be upgrading > >>> half the system anyway :o)). > >> If you set obsoletes=1 flag in /etc/yum.conf you will always get that > >> (upgrade versus update) behavior. I have heard the claim that that flag is set > >> by default with Fedora installs, but I am not sure if that is true or when it > >> might have become true. > >> You probably always want that behavior because even updates within a major > >> version can obsolete things. > > > > yes, obsoletes=1 has been the default in the code for a > > looooooooooooong time. > > Why not just drop the "upgrade" alias then? It probably is just adding > up to the confusion. mostly compatibility and laziness. -sv -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
