what release am I running ?
by Jim Cromie
I installed Fc24 beta a month ago on a new laptop
Ive tried upgrading to 24-final, unsure Ive succeeded.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DNF_system_upgrade
heres what I get now:
$ sudo dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever 24
--allowerasing --best
Error: Need a --releasever greater than the current system version.
that error suggests upgrade completed.
BUT
$ sudo dnf system-upgrade reboot
Error: system is not ready for upgrade
that could be either because it isnt ready (for an unobvious reason)
or because its already complete, and not ready for F25 yet
Im pretty sure I ran this or similar shortly after final,
but I also ran it on several other boxes,
without keeping notes,
so not sure of current state (on any of them :-(
-d 7 seems to say Ive succeeded....
]$ sudo dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever 24
--allowerasing --best -d 7
timer: config: 3 ms
cachedir: /var/cache/dnf
Loaded plugins: generate_completion_cache, download, copr, reposync,
protected_packages, system-upgrade, noroot, config-manager, playground,
Query, needs-restarting, debuginfo-install, builddep, langpacks
langpacks: No languages are enabled
Error reading file : /var/lib/dnf/plugins/langpacks/installed_langpacks as
it does not exist
initialized Langpacks plugin
DNF version: 1.1.9
Command: dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever 24
--allowerasing --best -d 7
Installroot: /
Releasever: 24
Base command: system-upgrade
Extra commands: ['download']
Cleaning up.
Error: Need a --releasever greater than the current system version.
If youve succeeded in your install,
what happens if you do this ??
dnf system-upgrade reboot -d 7
7 years, 11 months
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bbiggs(a)fastmail.com
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<Insert perfunctory complaint about GNOME UI designers imposing their
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TIA.
--
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
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Kind regards
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Fedora release 24 (Twenty Four)
Kernel-4.6.3-300.fc24.x86_64
Joachim Backes <joachim.backes(a)rhrk.uni-kl.de>
http://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes/
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-- Steve
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@osm_seattle
osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us
OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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