On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 19:18 -0400, Derick Centeno wrote: > Hi Eric! >
> The basis of my concern regarding Jeffrey's approach regarding using > yum to update/upgrade across different versions of YDL however, is > exactly the problem you experienced. > > Besides there is another difficulty also, yum didn't exist yet for YDL > 3; it used apt-get. > > However, there's nothing like an official statement from TSS: > > http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/products/faq/upgrade.shtml > ========= > > Eric Dunbar wrote: > > On 22/08/06, Derick Centeno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Jeffrey allow me to express admiration for your persistence; > > > congratulations are definitely in order. > > > > > > As you work in YDL 3, keep in mind a few things: > > > > > > 1. yum updates within a version family, not across them. In other > > > words, > > > yum is designed such that you can update with say YDL 3.0 to YDL 3.0.1. I > > > have not seen or heard of anyone using yum to update between YDL 3.0 to > > > YDL > > > 4.0, etc. If you take a look at the coding of yum.conf, you would notice > > > that the mirrors yum.conf points to are specifically related to that > > > version > > > of YDL you are using. Also even if you chose to rewrite yum.conf to point > > > to other mirrors and versions of YDL, that is only part of the problem. > > > The > > > components instructing yum how to behave (what to access, and install, > > > etc.) > > > reside on the mirrors and if you attempt to access them using your current > > > plan you could create a problem for yourself which will make your current > > > efforts look rather simple. > > > > > > > It is possible to 'pin' yum to update between 3.0.1 and 4.0 and some > > people swore up and down on their great-great grandparent's grave that > > it worked for them (and, I'm sure it did). Jeffrey posted a link to a > > how-to on the subject in an earlier post. > > > > I did it and it worked for me too, to a certain extent -- the servers > > all worked flawlessly (IIRC) but I ran into some problems with > > X/KDE/GNOME and trying to install/run programs. I tried fixing it for > > a little while but eventually decided to wipe / and install 4.0 from > > scratch (which worked nicely). > > > > _______________________________________________ > > yellowdog-newbie mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-newbie mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
