Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-packaging (139 mails)

[Adrian Schröter <adrian@xxxxxxx>]

On Friday 28 March 2008 23:38:27 wrote Pascal Bleser:
> Michal Marek wrote:
> | Pascal Bleser wrote:
> |> Michal Marek wrote:
> |> | JP Rosevear wrote:
> |> |> rpmlib(PayloadIsLzma) <= 4.4.2-1 is needed by rpm-4.4.2-181.x86_64
> |> |
> |> | ...
> |> |
> |> |> 2) People on older distros may be unable to upgrade to 11.0 when it
> |> |> comes out.
> |> |
> |> | The rpm on the 11.0 media will be lzma-enabled. This would only hit
> |> | users trying to update a running <11.0 system to 11.0.
> |>
> |> "only" ? Errm... you're kidding, right ? ;)
> |
> | You missed the "running" or what makes you worry? Users who update a
> | _running_ system to a newer version should know what they are doing,
> | AFAIK it has always been that way. I didn't say anything about the
> | "normal" update (insert DVD; reboot; wait; reboot; enjoy).
>
> Well yes, obviously, a cold upgrade has to work :)
>
> I didn't miss the hot upgrade part. But, from what I read above, you're
> basically saying that it may (will ?) not work for people who shall
> upgrade a running 10.3 to 11.0 (using yast2's system upgrade, zypper,
> smart, whatever).
>
> Or did I miss something there ? There's a difference between "should
> know what they are doing" and not possible at all.
>
> Unless, of course, there's a documented way of performing that upgrade
> -- e.g. upgrading rpm from 10.3's to 11.0's first, then doing the rest.
> Would that work ?

yes, this should work.


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Adrian Schroeter
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
email: adrian@xxxxxxx

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