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I have two Red Hat Linux 9 machines that are a tad outdated 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 > >>>>>-- > >>>>>Mike Burger > >>>>>http://www.bubbanfriends.org > >>>>> > >>>>>Visit the Dog Pound II BBS > >>>>>telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org > >>>>> > >>>>>To be notified of updates to the web site, visit > >>>>>http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send > >>>>> > >>>>> > >a > > > > > >>>>>message to: > >>>>> > >>>>>site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>> > >>>>>with a message of: > >>>>> > >>>>>subscribe > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>redhat-list mailing list > >>>>unsubscribe > >>>> > >>>> > >mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > > > >>>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>-- > >>>Mike Burger > >>>http://www.bubbanfriends.org > >>> > >>>Visit the Dog Pound II BBS > >>>telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org > >>> > >>>To be notified of updates to the web site, visit > >>>http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a > >>>message to: > >>> > >>>site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> > >>>with a message of: > >>> > >>>subscribe > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>-- > >>redhat-list mailing list > >>unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > >>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
