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tomsyco
28th February 2006, 01:58 AM
What is the Fedora-Release package?
Is that to upgrade ?
Firewing1
28th February 2006, 02:34 AM
Yes. If you want to do a yum upgrade (not recommened, but works... sometimes...), you update the fedora-release RPM that will basically just edit your yum files to make it install fc5 packages and not the fc4 ones.
Firewing1
tomsyco
28th February 2006, 04:06 PM

I dont have that package installed yet will it totally disable fc4 packages is it worth it? Will the repository be bigger?
Firewing1
28th February 2006, 07:15 PM
The repo is on the net; So it doesn't get bigger or smaller from you're point of view... But technically, yes, it grows because the Fedora servers are constantly publishing new sofware releases.
And, yes, it will disable yum and therefore it is worth it to install...
Firewing1
tomsyco
28th February 2006, 07:58 PM
If it disables yum what do i use to get apps?
Firewing1
28th February 2006, 08:08 PM
1) Why did you uninstall it?
2) If you didn't, why don't you do a cd/dvd install?
anyways, here's the commands to get it back installed:

su -
wget http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/fedora-release-4-2.noarch.rpm
rpm -ihv fedora-release-4-2.noarch.rpm
Firewing1
tomsyco
28th February 2006, 08:35 PM
i didn't install it. But if i do you say it will disable yum? What do i use to get apps then?
And what would it do for me if i installed it
Firewing1
28th February 2006, 08:41 PM
nononno I mean if you DON'T install it it disables yum. That package contains the yum repo's -- meaning it tell yum where to download the software bundles Fedora uses. Removing it will leave your system without updates, and unable to retrieve new apps.
Firewing1
tomsyco
28th February 2006, 09:24 PM
How so? I update fine and its NOT installed. Thats why i was wondering what would happen if i installed it.
tomsyco
28th February 2006, 09:25 PM
Its in my yum list of uninstalled packages.
Firewing1
28th February 2006, 09:43 PM
Install it: Not only does it provide the yum repos but it has some functionality with packages on the system -- i'm not sure exactly, but basicly it's a needed package. If you do without it, you will have problems.
Firewing1
tomsyco
28th February 2006, 10:47 PM
Whats The Rawhide Version?
Firewing1
28th February 2006, 10:55 PM
FC5T3. aka, FC 4.92. Rawhide is like the CVS of applications -- testing / development version. Right now, because the FC5 freeze is starting, the testing packages are quite stable and I've removed FC4 and upgraded to FC5T3.
Firewing1
tomsyco
28th February 2006, 11:02 PM
How do you install the rawhide with yum its telling me there's nothing to do?