On May 14, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Kwan Lowe <kwan.lowe at gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:37 AM, sheraz naz <sheraznaz at 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