<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">> The recommended way is to use "fed up" (ever since ~F20). That<br>requires being onsite and having a head, AFAIK. I never use it.<br> <br>Ambiguity. You never use your head, or this Fedora "fed up" facility? :)<br> <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331, +1-204-515-1701, +1-204-515-1700<br></span></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 June 2016 at 00:25, Trevor Cordes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:trevor@tecnopolis.ca" target="_blank">trevor@tecnopolis.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 2016-06-01 Kevin McGregor wrote:<br>
> Does anyone know how upgrade-able Fedora is? Say, Fedora 21 -> 22 -><br>
> 23? What about skipping a version? Does that work, or must you go<br>
> through intermediate versions? Or is it best just to re-install each<br>
> time?<br>
<br>
Sure, I've done upgrades on some of my boxes from FC3 all the way to<br>
F22!<br>
<br>
The recommended way is to use "fed up" (ever since ~F20). That<br>
requires being onsite and having a head, AFAIK. I never use it.<br>
<br>
Instead, I do the yum/dnf distro-sync method, which for yum went like<br>
this:<br>
yum --releasever=22 distro-sync<br>
<br>
The advantage is you don't have to be onsite nor have a head. Take<br>
that, Windows!<br>
<br>
That'll get you to 22. After 22 we're now dealing with dnf instead of<br>
yum. Looks like it'll still work the same, just different syntax.<br>
<br>
This is the best page for the 3-5 commands you need to run, with<br>
version differences spelled out for each Fedora release:<br>
<a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_package_manager?rd=Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_package_manager?rd=Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum</a><br>
<br>
I've created a cheatsheet I use that I update for every new version,<br>
that makes sure the process is bulletproof as I update dozens of boxes<br>
every 6-12 months. If you're interested I can distill it and email it<br>
to you.<br>
<br>
As for skipping versions: I never have and I wouldn't if using the yum<br>
method. Docs say don't do it as there are version specific things that<br>
yum will do that might be skipped if you skip a version. Besides,<br>
using yum it costs nothing to do the intermediates except time and<br>
bandwidth. With Fed Up I believe you can skip versions, the docs<br>
should say.<br>
<br>
Lastly, I always stay back 1 version, using the oldest one that is<br>
still supported. So right now that's 22 but very soon I'll be forced<br>
into 23 when 24 comes out. Kind of like the "wait until Windows Foo SP1<br>
release" thinking. Fedora often breaks things on the initial release,<br>
as they tend to be bleeding edge. Only if I need a bleeding feature do<br>
I break that rule.<br>
<br>
Good luck!<br>
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