Re: What is "Migration-Toool" for?

"Carlos E. R." <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:21:13 +0200
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From: "Carlos E. R." <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: What is "Migration-Toool" for?
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    <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 2026-07-27 15:19, Daniel Bauer via
      openSUSE Users wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type=3D"cite"
      cite=3D"mid:[email protected]">=
Hi,
      <br>
      <br>
      Soon I will have to change my main computer from OS 15.6 to 16.0.
      I'm asking because I am not completely sure if I missed something
      and want to do it right with the machine that's most important for
      my daily work.
      <br>
      <br>
      There is a "migration tool" but I read of a lot of problems with
      it.
      <br>
      <br>
      So I just updatet a fully (except /boot) encrypted Laptop directly
      from 15.5 (not 15.6) to 16.0 the easy "classic" way:
      <br>
      - deactivated packman and deleted all other repos except repo-oss
      and repo-non-oss.
      <br>
      - as root: zypper --releasever=3D16.0 ref
      <br>
      - as root: zypper --releasever=3D16.0 dup
      <br>
      There were like 50 "problems" which I solved using one of the
      offered options (mostly No. 1)
      <br>
      after the download and install:
      <br>
      - activated packman repo
      <br>
      - as root: zypper dup --from packman --allow-vendor-change
      <br>
      - added Mozilla and Showimage repo, for latest firefox and the
      very useful showimage app, and installed the desired
      <br>
      <br>
      This all went smoothless and as much as I can see it just works.
      <br>
      <br>
      Now that was so easy and without any problems that I wonder what
      the migrations tool could be good for. As it obviously exists I
      wonder if I missed something with my update that I will find out
      only later and would be important when I update my main PC? Or was
      my simple way just the way I should also go with my main computer?
      <br>
      <br>
      Please enlighten me. Thanks!
      <br>
    </blockquote>
    <p>I recommend reading a post from mine with subject "[oS-EN]
      Testing opensuse-migration-tool (report)" from May. You can find
      it here without the formatting:=C2=A0</p>
    <pre><a moz-do-not-send=3D"true"
href=3D"https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]=
/message/E3JPKGJBSHF3VBFHXS7HGA4EA5SFLH2F/"
    class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext">https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/l=
ist/[email protected]/message/E3JPKGJBSHF3VBFHXS7HGA4EA5SFLH2F/</a=
>

</pre>
    <p>If you go the manual route, there are things you should do. Start
      by reading=C2=A0=C2=A0<a moz-do-not-send=3D"true"
        href=3D"https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade"
        class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext">https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Syste=
m_upgrade</a>.</p>
    <ul>
      <li>In YaST, change network to network manager</li>
    </ul>
    <ul>
      <li>in YaST, remove wicked.</li>
    </ul>
    <ul>
      <li>install opensuse-migration-tool because we need some scripts
        it brings.</li>
      <ul>
        <li>
          <pre>zypper --releasever 16.0 install openSUSE-repos-Leap</pre>=

        </li>
      </ul>
    </ul>
    <ul>
      <li>Install a package that changes the repo definitions; do not
        install it if you want to edit or change the list</li>
      <li>
        <p>Or change the official repos to:</p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <pre># | Alias                     | URI
--+---------------------------+------------------------------------------=
------------------------
1 | openSUSE:repo-non-oss     | <a rel=3D"nofollow"
        class=3D"external free moz-txt-link-freetext"
href=3D"http://cdn.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/non-oss">http=
://cdn.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/non-oss</a>
2 | openSUSE:repo-oss         | <a rel=3D"nofollow"
        class=3D"external free moz-txt-link-freetext"
        href=3D"http://cdn.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss">=
http://cdn.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss</a>
3 | openSUSE:repo-openh264    | <a rel=3D"nofollow"
        class=3D"external free moz-txt-link-freetext"
        href=3D"http://codecs.opensuse.org/openh264/openSUSE_Leap">http:/=
/codecs.opensuse.org/openh264/openSUSE_Leap</a></pre>
        <br>
      </li>
      <li>I do not remove packman repos or others, because removing them
        also cause issues. I would remove a firefox or KDE repo, but not
        a repo you use to install extra packages not in the official
        list. I edit the extra repos to point to the 16.0 version.</li>
      <li>
        <p>I test the repo list is working by doing :</p>
        <pre>zypper clean ; zypper --releasever 16.0 ref</pre>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <ul>
      <li>Run the upgrade:</li>
      <ul>
        <li>
          <pre>zypper --releasever 16.0 dup --download-in-advance</pre>
          At this point, if you are not happy with the conflicts, you
          can add or remove repos and restart the dup.</li>
      </ul>
    </ul>
    <ul>
      <li>Now, the scripts (this is the part you missed, but you can do
        it now):=C2=A0
        <blockquote>
          <pre>/usr/share/opensuse-migration-tool/scripts/10_keepapparmor=
=2Esh
/usr/share/opensuse-migration-tool/scripts/10_keepselinux.sh
/usr/share/opensuse-migration-tool/scripts/20_ia32.sh
/usr/share/opensuse-migration-tool/scripts/20_pulse2pipewire.sh</pre>
        </blockquote>
      </li>
      <ul>
        <li>Choose to keep apparmor, or selinux. I kept apparmor.</li>
      </ul>
    </ul>
    <pre class=3D"moz-signature" cols=3D"72">--=20
Cheers / Saludos,
              =20
		Carlos E. R.

  (from openSUSE 16.0 (Laicolasse))
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