-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2008-8545 None --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : preupgrade Product : Fedora 8 Version : 1.0.0 Release : 1.fc8 URL : https://fedorahosted.org/preupgrade/ Summary : Preresolves dependencies and prepares a system for an upgrade Description : Preresolves all dependencies, downloads the packages and makes your system ready for an upgrade via anaconda. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: This update improves the reliability and functionality of preupgrade. It allows you to upgrade to Fedora 10 and adds a --vnc mode for remote upgrades. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Fri Nov 21 2008 Will Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 1.0.0-1 - Minor UI fixes - Add --clean flag - Use checksums to verify boot image integrity - Clean up bootloader config when cleaning an interrupted run - Use 'ybin --bootonce' on ppc rather than changing default boot target - Be more careful about picking a keymap (bug 471515) - Add Fedora 10 (Cambridge) to releases.txt * Mon Nov 3 2008 Will Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 0.9.9-1 - Fetch release data from http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/releases.txt - Recognize new metadata filenames - Generate kickstart for all installs - Automatically upgrade bootloader config during upgrade - preupgrade-cli: Add --vnc for headless remote installs - preupgrade-cli: Properly set locale so we don't crash on non-en_US - preupgrade-cli: Fix --help * Thu Oct 2 2008 Will Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 0.9.8-2 - Clear cache after user decides not to resume an old run - Add Fedora 10 Beta to releases.list * Thu Sep 18 2008 Will Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 0.9.8-1 - GUI version prompts to resume interrupted runs - Checks for available disk space before downloading / rebooting - Does not change boot target until you hit the Reboot button - Handle invalid treeinfo gracefully (bug #459935) - Use UUID=xxx for devices - makes finding devices much more robust - No more network dialog for missing packages - Use anaconda's own depsolving tweaks (whiteout/blacklist) - Use kickstart to automate installs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #459329 - Preupgrade should provide a way to check it has enough free disk space to complete the upgrade https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459329 [ 2 ] Bug #446237 - "No more mirrors" traceback from retrieve_treeinfo https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446237 [ 3 ] Bug #446824 - preupgrade does not download libsoup22 which causes problem at installation time https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446824 [ 4 ] Bug #456358 - specfile has missing dependency on pyxf86config https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456358 [ 5 ] Bug #446846 - No way to preupgrade a headless system! https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446846 [ 6 ] Bug #471515 - keyError:'pt' keyboard.py line 64 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471515 [ 7 ] Bug #443209 - anaconda should remove "Upgrade to ..." from grub menu after upgrade with preupgrade https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443209 [ 8 ] Bug #446245 - Wrong path for stage2 in grub.conf https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446245 [ 9 ] Bug #466934 - "Tip" about cancellation but cancel button insensitive https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466934 [ 10 ] Bug #457803 - preupgrade RPM missing dependency on gtk (or missing documentation on console usage) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457803 [ 11 ] Bug #469680 - preupgrade progress bar is file based https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469680 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update preupgrade' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at http://fedoraproject.org/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-announce mailing list [email protected] http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-announce
