Re: [SLE] Migration problems going from 9.2 to 9.3

1 Jun 2005

      On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
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* Jon Nelson  [06-01-05 08:27]:
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On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Hartmut Meyer wrote:
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I know it is confusing and many people belive that this module is
meant to do an update of the running system from one release to the
next, but it is not.
Did you read the manual? It's chapter 2.3.4 "System Update" (SUSE
Linux 9.2) in the big Admin manual.
What /is/ it there for, then, anyway?  I don't have any manuals handy, 
and I sure as hell don't carry them around with me.  Saying "Read the 
Manual" is, quite frankly, about the lamest response I've heard in a 
long time.
/more ranting removed/
Fine discorse.  You are to be congratulated.  You are slamming one of
the few SuSE employes active on the list.
OK, I deserved that.  I didn't read closely enough.  Blame it on lack of 
sleep, mea culpa. CLEARLY he described what it's for, and I'm to blame 
for misreading his response. I certainly didn't intend to "slam" 
anybody, there is a huge difference between a difference of opinion and 
a personal attack.

That issue aside, I think I've raised some questions that got lost in 
the noise, specifically the item about SuSE's inability to be upgraded 
while running.  Additionally, Hartmut seems to agree that it's confusing 
to have an item "System Update" that doesn't appear to function as "many 
people" believe it does, and I feel that it's a problem.  
Fundamentally, it's not as big of a problem as the inability to upgrade 
while running, however.

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