[Novalug] Fedora 6 - yum (not) update

[Shawn Wells]

Shawn Wells wrote:
>
>
> Clif Flynt wrote:
>> I've got a F6 system that I decided to bring up to current.
>>
>> No real reason, just seemed like a good idea at the time.
>>
>> The "yum update" fails with this error:
>>
>> Transaction Check Error:   file 
>> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/Sys/Syslog.pm from 
>> install of perl-5.8.8-12 conflicts with file from package 
>> perl-Sys-Syslog-0.18-1
>>   file 
>> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/Sys/Syslog/Syslog.so 
>> from install of perl-5.8.8-12 conflicts with file from package 
>> perl-Sys-Syslog-0.18-1
>>
>> Obviously, something I've got is incompatible with something it wants to
>> get.  I don't think these are features I'm using (but it can be hard 
>> to tell
>> what's called from something called from something called from a monthly
>> cron entry).
>>
>> Anyone got a suggestion for how to break the block?  Update something
>> first?  Delete a package then reinstall?
>>
>> Clif
>>
>>   
> I'm not 100% sure on the Fedora releases, but you should be able to
>
> # yum update redhat-release
> # yum update
>
> You may want to yum -y update so you don't get prompted for the 
> packages individually.


Looks like I have to correct myself.  I thought redhat-release was wrong =/

# yum update fedora-release
# yum -y upgrade

Very helpful:  
http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Upgrading_Red_Hat_Linux_with_yum.html
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