Re: Upgrading from FC3->Tao 4 Instructions

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Nathanael Noblet wrote:

> Download yum, tao-release, tao-yumconf and install on the FC3 box, --nodeps
> and --force are necessary here because FC3 has a newer yum and tao-release
> conflicts with redhat-release.

We (RPMforge) made sure that with our packages dist-upgrading would be 
possible at all times between Fedora and Enterprise Linux by adding a 
number in the disttag: 1.fc3 < 2.el4

Also the disttag itself (and the Distribution tag inside the RPM) help you 
identify which packages belong to the older distribution when you move. 
(Sometimes we do not have certain package available for a newer 
distribution so you cannot count on that, just like with Red Hat).

We do not recommend a dist-upgrade like you're doing, but if you know what 
you're doing all is fine. (I've done many Red Hat 7 to Enterprise Linux 3 
dist-upgrades: 0.rh7 -> 1.el3)

Kind regards,
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