On Fri, 6 May 2005, Connie Sieh wrote:

> > I've just updated a laptop from SL303 to SL4 using the corresponding 
> > boot.iso CD, and networked files.  This is the first attempt here with 
> > SL4.
> 
> I assume you did a "upgrade" with the boot.iso cd.

Yes...

> > After the upgrade, I find that yum no longer works.  It appears to 
> > have the old /etc/yum.conf from the 303 installation.
> 
> We will research this.

Thanks!

> > What's the proper way to get back into synch, please?
> 
> Manually download the yum-conf rpm from the tree , or get it off the 
> cdrom.  Verify that you have the new yum rpm.

OK, this would be yum-conf-40-4.SL.noarch.rpm

Its response to -Uvh is that yum-conf-303-2.SL is newer than that
so it doesn't want to update.

So I've done it with --force

Now, "yum update" does seem to be proceeding in a rather more sensible 
fashion.

Thanks!