On 18/07/16 20:47, Connie Sieh wrote:
>
>> 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.

Thank you Connie, (and Nico, Steven).  I will be cautious, because I 
have a few locally-built packages installed on my 32-bit system, but I 
expect to try the upgrade path at a convenient time.