On 28/06/2021 08.23, Felix Miata wrote:
David T-G composed on 2021-06-27 22:02 (UTC-0400):
I might dupe over the partition and try the upgrade on that. I'd love it if I could always have the happy fallback :-)
That's the most common method used here over the years. Multiboot is in my blood since decades ago. But with 15.3, I've done nearly as many fresh installs as I've done 15.2 to 15.3 online upgrades of cloned partitions. IIRC I did do one or two offline upgrades lately, but I think it was only (very long since last updates) TW to TW rather than any 15.2 to 15.3.
If you're going to try an online /or/ offline upgrade, I highly recommend considering to first disable all optional repos, then zypper dup 15.2, then dup to 15.3, then re-enable any disabled repos you still require. In particular this applies if using NVidia's proprietary graphics drivers. Packman might not be any problem, as long as you aren't upgrading while its mirrors are in a transitional state.
No. Disabling optional repos is no longer recommended during the upgrade. Specifically, leave packman and nvidia, and similar crucial repos. If you use repos to get newer versions, those you should remove. But repos you need to get packages that the main distribution doesn't have, leave them. And read the documentation. It has not been updated for 15.3, so I'm interested in new things you people find so that I can write them down. <https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Offline_upgrade> -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)