updating from Mandy 10 OE to 10.1 OE

[Sherpa]

can i update my mandy 10 oe through urpmi by just switching my soureces and then doing a urpmi --auto --auto-select, or should i just download the latest isos and then do the update from there>?

[Guest anon]

Yes, you can update that way and all should be be well.

But personally i would choose to download the new version, new install and format all but the /home partition.

[arctic]

if you want to do it, keep in mind to do it from the command-line (= do not boot into a graphical environment, if possible). that way, the risk of crippling your system will be minimized.

[adamw]

I wouldn't use --auto for such a big update either. --auto is good for routine updates which you want to be done non-interactively and which you don't expect to present problems (i.e., regular security updates, or daily Cooker updates if you run Cooker). I wouldn't rely on it for upgrading your entire system, though. Just use --auto-select -v and answer the questions for yourself. :)

 

(if you didn't know, --auto is there to make the process work non-interactively; basically, whenever urpmi would usually ask you for input - are you happy for me to wipe these packages, would you like to install X or Y to satisfy dependency Z, and so on - it just answers for itself and carries on going).

[Sherpa]

i think that i am just going to download the isos, hopefully i will not have the same problem with corrupted mirrors as i did with Fedora Core 3