[3543] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: update failure from fresh install
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Mon Sep 3 11:34:25 2001
To: Angie Kelic <sly@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 03 Sep 2001 11:34:19 -0400
In-Reply-To: Angie Kelic's message of "Mon, 03 Sep 2001 11:31:50 -0400"
Message-ID: <sjmae0cs2ys.fsf@rcn.ihtfp.org>
Angie Kelic <sly@MIT.EDU> writes:
> >I don't know. What does /etc/athena/version say we're installing?
> >Note that I _believe_ the update process _does_ look at this file to
> >figure out the current state of the machine.
>
> It says we're installing 8.4.0 just because, well, because I think
> we didn't want to deal with the versions changing out from under
> us, but I think the rpms are 8.4.25.
I'm fairly certain that _that_ is not sufficient. Everything I have
always been told was that you have to update to the latest 8.4.x
before updating to 9.0.x, and I've never heard that that has changed.
> --Angie
-derek
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