Ok,
I'm just about to complete my second update from 9.1+plf+texstar to
9.2 via urpmi. The order of march is
urpmi.removmedia -a (get rid of all current dbases)
urpmi.addmedia (added cooker cooker-contrib and plf-cooker)
urpmi urpmi (get the new urpmi first it's ability to download install
and then download more is a big boon. But be prepared for a huge list of
changes to accompany it as well.)
urpmi --auto-auto select --force
why the force ... because signatures in the cooker are all over the
place, and plf cooker isn't signed with the same sig as the rest of plf
etc etc and I got real tired of saying y every 3 or 4 rpms.
urpmi kernel.
Basic rundown did it work. Yes. Was it quick ... no expect to let
the box run almost as long as it takes to download a single ISO. Would
I recommend it to anyone but someone who knows MDK... NO I repeat NO.
Some rpms won't install because of conflicts with plf or texstar (I
forced those like kdebase and kdebase-common.) You also need to know
that things like konsole are seperate and don't get installed here. So
it's not perfect but dang close.
Can it be done over the net YES. I've done it twice that way. Once
here at home (local simulation) and once to a box in a remote office for
someone. Both times it worked and worked right. Both boxes worked
afterward and so far no real problems. All configs etc are retained and
as such there was little if anything to do after. I honestly don't like
the MDK kde as well as the texstar version (I lose the ability to do
full modifications of the panel as well as no randar support.) But it
does seem to start faster. More to come.
James
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