Fwd: Problems installing Yellow Dog Linux onto Old World Mac

[sloopy malibu]

On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 19:18 -0400, Derick Centeno wrote:
> Hi Eric!
> 

> The basis of my concern regarding Jeffrey's approach regarding using
> yum to update/upgrade across different versions of YDL however, is
> exactly the problem you experienced.
> 
> Besides there is another difficulty also, yum didn't exist yet for YDL
> 3; it used apt-get.
> 
> However, there's nothing like an official statement from TSS:
> 
> http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/products/faq/upgrade.shtml
> =========
> 
> Eric Dunbar wrote: 
> > On 22/08/06, Derick Centeno <aguilarojo at verizon.net> wrote:
> >   
> > >  Jeffrey allow me to express admiration for your persistence;
> > > congratulations are definitely in order.
> > > 
> > >  As you work in YDL 3, keep in mind a few things:
> > > 
> > >  1.  yum updates within a version family, not across them.  In other words,
> > > yum is designed such that you can update with say YDL 3.0 to YDL 3.0.1.  I
> > > have not seen or heard of anyone using yum to update between YDL 3.0 to YDL
> > > 4.0, etc.  If you take a look at the coding of yum.conf, you would notice
> > > that the mirrors yum.conf points to are specifically related to that version
> > > of YDL you are using.  Also even if you chose to rewrite yum.conf to point
> > > to other mirrors and versions of YDL, that is only part of the problem.  The
> > > components instructing yum how to behave (what to access, and install, etc.)
> > > reside on the mirrors and if you attempt to access them using your current
> > > plan you could create a problem for yourself which will make your current
> > > efforts look rather simple.
> > >     
> > 
> > It is possible to 'pin' yum to update between 3.0.1 and 4.0 and some
> > people swore up and down on their great-great grandparent's grave that
> > it worked for them (and, I'm sure it did). Jeffrey posted a link to a
> > how-to on the subject in an earlier post.
> > 
> > I did it and it worked for me too, to a certain extent -- the servers
> > all worked flawlessly (IIRC) but I ran into some problems with
> > X/KDE/GNOME and trying to install/run programs. I tried fixing it for
> > a little while but eventually decided to wipe / and install 4.0 from
> > scratch (which worked nicely).
> > 
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