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Do a clean install. (This has been stated here +</I>>>><i> repeatedly.) +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Sorry, but that is not true. +</I>>><i> The Mageia 1 DVD was _designed_ to upgrade mdv 2010.2, and worked +</I>>><i> flawlessly on my portable. (Much better than any recent mdv upgrade.) +</I>>><i> However, it will (likely) not work if you try to update using a USB +</I>>><i> 2.0 optical drive. +</I>>><i> Probably because the USB interface to an optical drive is too slow. +</I>>><i> (I tried that initially, without thinking, as my portable will not +</I>>><i> write DVD's.) +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> Depending on your Mandriva installation and if you had backports enabled, +</I>><i> upgrade will fail. There are some blockers, f.ex. hplip, which is 3.11.5 +</I>><i> for +</I>><i> Mandriva and only 3.11.3a for Mageia 1. Also some backports can make the +</I>><i> upgrade fail. +</I>><i> There are numerous forum posts and bugreports about that. +</I> +I took a look at the bug reports. +1) Updates from mdv2010.1|2 to cauldron were never expected to work. +2) Updates online are always prone to failure. It is advisable to upgrade from +a local source. +3) One bug was a failure due to a missing /tmp file, which is required by +mkinitrd. But simply creating the missing /tmp and redoing the update worked. + Indicating that it wasn't a flaw in the update process itself. +4) Which leaves one bug : + A package not properly updated due to the use of symlinks. In my experience, +symlinks are generally not recognized in release updates. (I've always had to +recreate them. So I've eliminated most such cases) + +So essentially 1 possible mdv2010.1-to-mga1 release update bug, depending on +how you look at it. + +In my view, it is inadvisable to activate backports during a release update. +Leaving them active for automatic update is somewhat like using cauldron. +(I think selective installation of backports is much saner.) + +I don't see how having a later version of hplip already installed would cause a +problem. In my release update, existing packages with a more recent version +were simply left in place. (There is a bug with this in the title, but it is +not referring to a release update. I think they accidently put Mandriva +instead of Mageia in the title.) + +Also, I do my release updates from DVD, offline. Then I go online for updates. + I find fewer problems that way. (Partly because my Internet connexion is not +always reliable.) + +So I still consider an upgrade from mdv 2010.1 or 2010.2 to mga1 (release) to +be advisable, as long as it is done prudently. +With possibly a few very rare exceptions. +The case of symlink problems doesn't preclude update, since anyone knowledgable +enough to set up such a symlink would presumably be able to readily fix it. + +-- +André +</PRE> + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="005246.html">[Mageia-discuss] Install fails +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="005361.html">[Mageia-discuss] Install fails +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#5249">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#5249">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#5249">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#5249">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |