[CentOS] Upgrade 4.3 to 4.4 appeared to die half-way through

Thu Aug 31 15:55:09 UTC 2006
chrism at imntv.com <chrism at imntv.com>

Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 11:44:05AM -0400, chrism at imntv.com wrote:
>   
>> I don't understand what you mean when you say "batch yum updates into 
>> smaller chunks".  I usually just do a "yum update", eyeball the packages 
>> that it thinks I need, then hit ENTER to agree to the update.  What does 
>> this "batching" involve?
>>     
>
>  10 Run "yum check-update".
>  20 Look at the list of packages to be updated. 
>  30 Stop if there aren't any.
>  40 Pick several arbitrarily. 
>  50 REM Although I suggest starting with python-sqlite -- see other thread.
>  60 Run "yum -y update onepackagename anotherpackagename maybeathird".
>  70 goto 10
>
> :)
>
>   

Wow, suitable for parsing on my TRS-80.  :)


Thanks!