[ydl-gen] Upgrade rant, was: Re: over-the-wire upgrading of 4.01 to 4.1

[Kai Staats]

All,

Maybe what could come from this thread is a HOWTO that guides people through 
the upgrade process even when there is a major kernel dot change. We could 
post it on our Solutions pages, signed by all involved.

kai


> I personally havent tried to update from YDL 4.0.1 to YDL 4.1, I suspect
> udev will give problems so be sure to run:
>
> 	/sbin/new-kernel-pkg --mkinitrd --depmod --install 2.6.15-rc5.ydl.1
>
> Double check ybin is using the new kernel and has an initrd specified
> (your machine may not boot correctly without a new initrd because of
> udev)
>
> libstdc++/libgcc might also give problems, but yum _should_ take care of
> that. If you do infact try to update 4.0 to 4.1, let the list know the
> problems and someone should be able to provide a solutions to them.
> There will be stuff that may not work, just a matter of using a big
> hammer to make it all work.
>
> Cheers,
> Owen