Is there an updated procedure for updating a SLES11 SPx to SLES 12 using
zypper?

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Mark Post <[email protected]> wrote:

> >>> On 7/22/2013 at 07:10 AM, "Will, Chris" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > We use smt for our repositories.  I went through the procedure and the
> test
> > server was upgraded successfully.  I deleted/removerepo the old SP1 and
> SP2
> > repositories, however any subsequent suse_register (say moving from
> "full" to
> > "testing") brings back the old SP1 and SP2 repositories (they are
> disabled
> > however).
>
> I contacted out Product Manager for maintenance about this and was told
> this is by design.
>
> "I have always tried to use "adapt the repo model" and not roll back...
>
> "The idea behind this adapted model, was to enable customers to easily
> access
> the old repo if they need to stay on older versions of specific packages.
>
> "So, for the lifetime of SP3 and SP4, this channel model will remain in
> place."
>
> So, again, apologies for my incomplete understanding of how things were
> going to work with SP3.
>
>
> Mark Post
>
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