Hi,
There's a newer notice here
quote from <http://us.fixstars.com/resources/>http://us.fixstars.com/resources/
Upgrading to the next version of Yellow Dog Linux
While updating your installed applications from YDL v6.x to v6.y (for
example) is condudted [sic] via the "yum upgrade" command, when
upgrading from one version of Yellow Dog Linux to the next, for
instance, from YDL v5.0.1 to YDL v6.0, it is likely you will need to
reinstall the entire OS. Before you do this, it is prudent to backup
your /home/[username]/ directory to an external storage device.
John
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At 17:39 11-01-09, you wrote:
Hi John:
I'm pleased to discover of your success and that your approach appears
to be working for you. I recall coming across a dated, but
still useful, explanation discussing upgrading across versions.
Unfortunately I had not recalled exactly where the reference was
located.
It does correct my previous submission on this topic however at the risk
of reading too much into a phrase, I would like to highlight and
express my modified concern.
The link is here: http://us.fixstars.com/products/faq/upgrade.shtml
The phrase, embedded in the first sentence reflecting my caution begins
with "usually". Hopefully, recalling this could be helpful in the
future should you need to track down a recurring anomaly.
On Sun, 11 Jan 2009
08:23:13 +0400 John Frankish <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> It turns out I needed the correct /etc/yum.repos.d/yellowdog-{base,
> updates, extras}.repo addresses for ydl-6.1. After renaming the
> existing ydl-6.0 repos and replacing them with the ydl-6.1 repos "yum
> upgrade" worked fine and I'm now running ydl-6.1.
>
> If I recall correctly, the upgrade from ydl-6.0 to ydl-6.1 was 40 new
> packages and 296 updated packages for a total of 518MB - so better
> than downloading a new 4GB iso.
>
> John
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