[mythtv-users] Re: Upgrading from RH9 to FC1 via ATrpms for Myth

[Axel Thimm]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 03:28:36PM -0500, Alan Snyder wrote:
> 
> > > I have my system running Myth on RedHat 9 using Jarod Wilson's 
> > > instructions. I'm planning to upgrade to Fedora Core 1 to 
> > get the M179 
> > > and low latency patches.
> > > 
> > > Can I just install FC1 on top of my current system starting 
> > with the 
> > > atrpms-kickstart instructions in section 6 of Jarod's 
> > excellent guide?
> > 
> > In principle yes, there will be some problems for perl and 
> > sendmail IIRC, but it is doable. I suggest an apt-get upgrade 
> > first and then the apt-get dist-upgrade. In fact most of my 
> > FC1 systems haven been smoothly upgraded from RH9 that way.
> > 
> > Or you can use the FC1 CDs and upgrade the system, and then 
> > use the atrpms-package-config package (or simply edit the 
> > sources.list). The FC1 upgrade is taking care of some special 
> > issues like the perl/sendmail stuff.
> 
> Axel, does this mean that for an FC1 system installed according to Jarod's
> guide (though upgraded to CVS later), with a 2.4.xx kernel, apt-get
> dist-upgrade is safe?

dist-upgrade should be your default upgrade mechanism, otherwise you
may lose package updates due to renaming/restructuring etc.

Should apt-get dist-upgrade ever suggests non-sensical steps
=> bugzilla.atrpms.net ;)
-- 
Axel.Thimm at physik.fu-berlin.de
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