On May 14, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Kwan Lowe kwan.lowe@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:37 AM, sheraz naz sheraznaz@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi,
I need to upgrade a system running 4.1 to 4.2, but before I do I want to list out all the packages that will be updated/installed/removed. I can run up2date -l to get a list of updates but does that show packages that need to be installed and removed as well or just the updates?
Second, how would I go about upgrading 4.1 to 4.2 instead of 4.8 (i.e. latest update).
OK, ignoring the "why??", the approach would be to get the 4.2 DVD ISO then mount it as a package repository. Point your system to that repository then run the update.
Or edit your repo file and point /4/ to /4.2/ on the archive server.
The .X releases are service packs, I understand wanting to delay the upgrade until further testing, but 4 years, damn, what have you guys been doing all this time?
-Ross