Topic: Upgrading from beta version to rc1

[Kees]

I am trying to upgrade from a 7.0beta8 to 7 rc1. For some reason the installer does not see the existing SME installation on my hard drive and only gives me the option of a new install. Any clue?
Thanks, Kees

[CharlieBrady]

I am trying to upgrade from a 7.0beta8 to 7 rc1. For some reason the installer does not see the existing SME installation on my hard drive and only gives me the option of a new install. Any clue?

All problems should be reported via the Bug Tracker. Please provide full details of your configuration and hardware.

[dmajwool]

I have the same problem and I have raised bug 1737, but would appreciate if anyone can suggest a command line workaround in the meantime.

I first tried a yum update from the server-manager software installer panel and when that failed because of package conflicts, I tried an upgrade from CD. The CD install did not see the existing installation, which is still working as normal.

Thanks, David

[byte]

I am trying to upgrade from a 7.0beta8 to 7 rc1. For some reason the installer does not see the existing SME installation on my hard drive and only gives me the option of a new install. Any clue?

All problems should be reported via the Bug Tracker. Please provide full details of your configuration and hardware.

Charlie, I thought Gordon said that upgrades from Beta's/Pre release are not supported, but if they work they work. Even though I believe beta 8 onwards should upgrade.

[CharlieBrady]

Charlie, I thought Gordon said that upgrades from Beta's/Pre release are not supported, but if they work they work.

Yes. The essential point is that we will not put any development resources into making sure that Beta's/Pre releases work smoothly. If there is a problem with release to release upgrade, we will definitely try to resolve it. We won't make the same promise with test release upgrades.

Even though I believe beta 8 onwards should upgrade.

Yes, I'm not aware of any show-stoppers there.

[dmajwool]

I'm not aware of any show-stoppers there.

I'm getting the following when using the server-manager software installer in my beta8

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Error: smeserver-support conflicts with selinux-policy-targeted
Error: smeserver-yum conflicts with centos-yumconf
Error: proftpd conflicts with vsftpd
Error: Missing Dependency: mtr = 2:0.54-10 is needed by package mtr-gtk
Error: oidentd conflicts with pidentd
Error: Missing Dependency: aspell = 12:0.50.5-3.fc3 is needed by package aspell-devel
:3.70-1 set to be updated
Any suggestions, please?
Thanks, David.

[CharlieBrady]

I'm not aware of any show-stoppers there.

I'm getting the following when using the server-manager software installer in my beta8

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Error: smeserver-support conflicts with selinux-policy-targeted
Error: smeserver-yum conflicts with centos-yumconf
Error: proftpd conflicts with vsftpd
Error: Missing Dependency: mtr = 2:0.54-10 is needed by package mtr-gtk
Error: oidentd conflicts with pidentd
Error: Missing Dependency: aspell = 12:0.50.5-3.fc3 is needed by package aspell-devel
:3.70-1 set to be updated
Any suggestions, please?

Your system is very non-standard. You should at least remove these packages which don't belong there:

vsftpd
pidentd
aspell-devel
centos-yumconf
selinux-policy-targeted

[dmajwool]

vsftpd
pidentd
aspell-devel
centos-yumconf
selinux-policy-targeted

None of these packages are listed in the "remove installed software" section of the server-manager software installer panel. I don't recall installing them.

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[root@server ~]# rpm -q centos-yumconf
package centos-yumconf is not installed

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[root@server ~]# rpm -q centos-yumconf.rpm
package centos-yumconf.rpm is not installed

 How should I remove them?
Thanks, David.