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Re: Moving from SL 6.7 to SL 6.8
From:
Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]>
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Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 18 Jul 2016 14:47:02 -0500
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> Now that SL 6.8 has been released, many packages in the sl6x-related
> repos are shown as upgradeable, but the release announcement still
> includes the warning that:
>
> There should be no expectation that a "yum" upgrade to SL 6.8 will work.
> A new install is the recommended method to move from "sl6rolling" and
> the released SL 6.8.
>
> Does this still apply?  When I first saw it I assumed that it referred
> specifically to the RCs, but it's still there, post-release.  I'm pretty
> sure I didn't do a fresh install for 6.6 > 6.7

Not this does not still apply.

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