RE: redhat vs fedora install packages

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Now the servers are running under FC4 but I am considering the upgrading
(without reinstallation) to FC5. The process of upgrading began about
five years ago from RH6 distribution, so I sequentially upgraded the
servers without reinstalling them through all RH7.x, RH9 and FC1-3
versions.

Alexey Fadyushin
Brainbench MVP for Linux.
http://www.brainbench.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Russell Golden
> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 2:58 AM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: redhat vs fedora install packages
> 
> o_o really? wow... What system do you use right now?
> 
> A.Fadyushin@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> >You can download Fedora RPM's and try to install them. Usually, if
the
> >dependencies are satisfied the packages will work. If the Fedora
> >packages for GCC require other Fedora packages, you can also download
> >and install them. Then repeat this process recursively until all
> >dependencies will be satisfied. However this process may require to
> >replace many packages and require rewriting of some configs. Actually
> >this process works (however, it  requires a lot of manual work) and I
> >used this process to completely update some my servers (those which
> >could not be physically accessed for reinstallation) to never
> >distributions since RH6.
> >
> >Alexey Fadyushin.
> >Brainbench MVP for Linux.
> >http://www.brainbench.com
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-
> >>bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Russell Golden
> >>Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 3:10 AM
> >>To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> >>Subject: Re: redhat vs fedora install packages
> >>
> >>apt-get isn't in Shrike. not that i can find, at least. (Shrike =
> >>
> >>
> >RHL9)
> >
> >
> >>Mike Burger wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Should be, if they've been updated.
> >>>
> >>>You can check their downloads area to see if there's a newer
version
> >>>than what you have.
> >>>
> >>>I use apt-get to update via Fedora Legacy, for my Fedora 1, 2 and 3
> >>>systems.
> >>>
> >>>On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Russell Golden wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>It didn't update the kernel or GCC... are those out there
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >somewhere?
> >
> >
> >>>>Mike Burger wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, Russell Golden wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>I have two Red Hat Linux 9 machines that are a tad outdated
> >>>>>>(obviously, Shrike is a few years old), but I can't find any
RPMs
> >>>>>>to update them, GCC and the Linux kernel specifically. Would the
> >>>>>>RPMs for Fedora Core work (since Fedora is descended from
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >Shrike),
> >
> >
> >>>>>>or should I update from source?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>http://www.fedoralegacy.org
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