On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, M A Young wrote: > On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Harold Helmich wrote: > > > What are the issues with changing the channel the name in up2date from > > your current dist to the next? If I update all is that the same as > > installing new version? Can I selectively update packages this way? > > For example get the latest version of X? > > I tried upgrading releases by upgrading all the packages a few releases > back, admittedly on a disposable machine, without any problems that I > remember. Provided you don't jump major versions it will probably work, > but it certainly isn't supported, and if it breaks you get to keep all the > pieces. The difference between a package upgrade and a normal upgrade is > that RedHat can make extra fixes, and improve package selection during the > normal upgrade process. > Note that if you upgrade something like X, there are probably other > subsiduary packages you need to upgrade as well (and dependencies in > rawhide or beta releases aren't always complete), so you may end upgrading > most of the system anyway. I would have said a prerequisite for trying it > is good rpm handling skills (eg. dependency tracking). If you want an example of what might go wrong look at http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83737 where the problem is likely to be that not enough packages upgraded, quite possibly the rpm package. Michael Young -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
