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On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 7:02 PM, g <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 07/23/2013 01:17 PM, Pat Riehecky wrote:
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>> It is not possible to upgrade from the 5x branch to the 6x branch. A
>> fresh
>> install is required.
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> i have to disagree with you on this issue.
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> iirc, my last 5x was 5.9. i first ran "yum update" and then ran "yum
> upgrade",
> both ran with out any problems.
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> my /etc/reddhat-release shows;
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> Scientific Linux release 6.3 (Carbon)
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> i did not check to insure that all packages are now at 6.3, but i would
> presume that they are.
"yum update" and "yum upgrade" are pretty much the same and they don't
upgrade you from X to X+1 unless you pass "--releasever=X+1", which
will, theoretically, perform the upgrade but will most likely blow up
in your face.
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