[mythtv-users] Re: Upgrading from RH9 to FC1 via ATrpms for Myth
Alan Snyder
ax763 at yahoo.com
Mon Feb 23 15:28:36 EST 2004
> > I have my system running Myth on RedHat 9 using Jarod Wilson's
> > instructions. I'm planning to upgrade to Fedora Core 1 to
> get the M179
> > and low latency patches.
> >
> > Can I just install FC1 on top of my current system starting
> with the
> > atrpms-kickstart instructions in section 6 of Jarod's
> excellent guide?
>
> In principle yes, there will be some problems for perl and
> sendmail IIRC, but it is doable. I suggest an apt-get upgrade
> first and then the apt-get dist-upgrade. In fact most of my
> FC1 systems haven been smoothly upgraded from RH9 that way.
>
> Or you can use the FC1 CDs and upgrade the system, and then
> use the atrpms-package-config package (or simply edit the
> sources.list). The FC1 upgrade is taking care of some special
> issues like the perl/sendmail stuff.
Axel, does this mean that for an FC1 system installed according to Jarod's
guide (though upgraded to CVS later), with a 2.4.xx kernel, apt-get
dist-upgrade is safe?
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