On 06/27/2016 02:58 PM, jdow wrote: > The release number is a part of the kernel name. It takes a wee bit of > knowledge to parse it. For example mine contains > "2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64" The ".el6" is the effective release number > (Enterprise Linux). In actuality it's Scientific Linux SL6. The other > suggestion gives me "Scientific Linux release 6.6 (Carbon)". (It's not > quite time for me to go to 6.7. I am waiting a bit until potential > problems can be attacked with minimum affect on our work here.)
Uh, again, that's the kernel version, not the OS release version (/etc/issue or /etc/redhat-release or /etc/fedora-release). You can run an F23 kernel on an F24 system easily (or vice-versa). You can even run a kernel that's built from a source tarball that has no "fcXX" or "elX" stuff at all, so while MOST of the time the kernel and the OS release track each other, there's absolutely no guarantee that they do. Taking my cursory look at the system-upgrade plugin, it appears that it looks at the file I mentioned to figure out which version it currently is and where you want it to go. I've never dug through it that closely, but that seems to be what it does. I could be wrong (and probably am). > On 2016-06-27 14:48, Rick Stevens wrote: >> On 06/27/2016 02:22 PM, jdow wrote: >>> uname -a >> >> Joanne, that'll report the kernel version and such but not the >> distribution release number. >> >> Jim, >> >> That's odd. I believe that "dnf system-upgrade" pulls this stuff from >> a file called /var/lib/dnf/system-upgrade.json which contains stuff >> such as system_releasever and target_releasever. It sounds like your >> system_releasever is set to 24 in that file. If so, then system-upgrade >> won't do it as it thinks you're already at that level. >> >> You might be able to change that to "23" and rerun your command, but BE >> WARNED! I've never done this and you could hose your system completely. >> >> Is it possible you downloaded system-upgrade while you were pointed at >> the rawhide repos and picked that one up instead of the production one? >> >>> On 2016-06-27 14:20, Jim Cromie wrote: >>>> >>>> I installed Fc24 beta a month ago on a new laptop >>>> Ive tried upgrading to 24-final, unsure Ive succeeded. >>>> >>>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DNF_system_upgrade >>>> >>>> heres what I get now: >>>> >>>> $ sudo dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever 24 >>>> --allowerasing --best >>>> Error: Need a --releasever greater than the current system version. >>>> >>>> that error suggests upgrade completed. >>>> BUT >>>> >>>> $ sudo dnf system-upgrade reboot >>>> Error: system is not ready for upgrade >>>> >>>> that could be either because it isnt ready (for an unobvious reason) >>>> or because its already complete, and not ready for F25 yet >>>> >>>> Im pretty sure I ran this or similar shortly after final, >>>> but I also ran it on several other boxes, >>>> without keeping notes, >>>> so not sure of current state (on any of them :-( >>>> >>>> -d 7 seems to say Ive succeeded.... >>>> >>>> ]$ sudo dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever 24 >>>> --allowerasing >>>> --best -d 7 >>>> timer: config: 3 ms >>>> cachedir: /var/cache/dnf >>>> Loaded plugins: generate_completion_cache, download, copr, reposync, >>>> protected_packages, system-upgrade, noroot, config-manager, >>>> playground, Query, >>>> needs-restarting, debuginfo-install, builddep, langpacks >>>> langpacks: No languages are enabled >>>> Error reading file : >>>> /var/lib/dnf/plugins/langpacks/installed_langpacks as it >>>> does not exist >>>> initialized Langpacks plugin >>>> DNF version: 1.1.9 >>>> Command: dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever 24 >>>> --allowerasing >>>> --best -d 7 >>>> Installroot: / >>>> Releasever: 24 >>>> Base command: system-upgrade >>>> Extra commands: ['download'] >>>> Cleaning up. >>>> Error: Need a --releasever greater than the current system version. >>>> >>>> >>>> If youve succeeded in your install, >>>> what happens if you do this ?? >>>> >>>> dnf system-upgrade reboot -d 7 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> users mailing list >>>> users@lists.fedoraproject.org >>>> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >>>> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@lists.fedoraproject.org >>>> >>>> Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct >>>> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >>>> Have a question? 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