On 7/3/20 8:15 AM, Matthias Bach wrote:
Hi,
Am Mittwoch, 24. Juni 2020, 21:03:22 CEST schrieb Darryl Gregorash:
Can a version upgrade be done entirely within YaST? Specifically: 1. amend all repositories from 15.1 to 15.2 2. use Online Update to do a "force update all"
Also, can this be done from within a graphical session from a user account, should it be done when logged in as root, or should it be done strictly from a command line, but not logged into a graphical session?
I didn't see any posts talking about the "traditional upgrade" method "that has been available for ages, at least since version 5.2". I have used this primarily since 6.x, and for me this method works better than zypper. https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Offline_upgrade "It is safer and more versatile than the live upgrade (zypper dup), because the system is taken offline, the upgrade is done from a small live system running off the DVD. There is no need to stop and start services. There are no problems with changing in use, important, libraries." And, "the zypper live upgrade does not do all of the cleanup and maintenance that an offline DVD Upgrade does." I have been bitten before by software only upgrades. As with the fresh install, I get a bit better visibility of the changes the upgrade will make and can deal with those before the fact. Additionally, for me at least, I find that the graphical YaST software module included with the DVD to be more friendly and helpful in managing dependency issues because of its flexibility and ease of searching for/inside other packages. This is probably not much of an issue if one's system uses just the standard repo's + packman, but I always have ~dozen additional repo's like KDE:Extra or Community repo's from where I've fetched newer package versions. Related, before an upgrade I also run the new KDE live DVD to check for potential hardware issues, and then a quick-n-dirty trial upgrade on a mirror. Just my $.02. -- DennisG MSI B450-A Pro, Ryzen 5 2400, 15GB, Leap 15.1, KDE 5.55/5.12.8, stock kernel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org