[mythtv-users] Myth Update

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Thu Oct 11 14:44:15 UTC 2007


On Oct 11, 2007, at 1:57 AM, James Fidell wrote:

> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>
>> yum -y upgrade is the supported method of upgrading. Some people have
>> reported success with yum -y upgrade \*myth\* but it is definitely
>> not recommended.
>> yum -y upgrade mythtv* definitely will NOT upgrade correctly. For
>> instance, your libmyth stuff will not upgrade with that command.
>
> Have to admit that I've not exactly tried it that way, but I have done
> stuff like:
>
>   yum update pkg1 pkg2 ...
>
> and yum resolves all the dependencies, pulling in additional  
> packages as
> required (in fact, I have a load of systems doing exactly that right
> now).  Is libmyth not listed as a dependency for the other myth
> packages, or does yum work differently for wildcard package names (I
> can't see anything to that effect on the manpage, but this is open
> source: who believes what they read on the manpage any more? :)
>
> James

I don't know, but I do know you will get a lot further asking for  
help once you've used the supported method of upgrading. :)


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