Re: Upgrading Champion Server release 1.2 to Champion Server release 2.1?


Subject: Re: Upgrading Champion Server release 1.2 to Champion Server release 2.1?
From: Bob Tanner (tanner@real-time.com)
Date: Thu Feb 21 2002 - 08:24:17 MST


Quoting nathan r. hruby (nhruby@arches.uga.edu):
> Yes, it is ridiculous, but that is the only upgrade path (which isn't
> really an upgrade path at all, is it :)
>
> You can run the YDL 2.0 installer on your 1.2.1 box and RPM will attempt
> to upgrade everything and will leave you with a booting but very very very
> messy and clutter system which is probably more work to fix/clean then to
> re-install.
>
> I'd happily leave my 1.2.1 boxes alone *IF YDL PROVIDED SECUIRTY UPDATES
> FOR IT INSTEAD OF IGNORING IT* Goes for 2.0 as well, there no reason that
> updates can't be pushed out via Yup for 1.2.1 and 2.0 boxes.

Under Intel Linux (Redhat) you can fudge an update by rpm -F *.rpm, just need to
be careful about lilo/grub stuff.

Would this method work for ydl?

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