[TriLUG] Mandrake 8.0->8.1 upgrade question

[Chris Merrill]

It appears that I spoke too quickly...the servers that I had already
installed (e.g. ssh) were NOT upgraded...I need to go back to 
Mandrake's updater and update those packages manually...

Chris

Chris Merrill said:
> I hit 'no' on that dialog and continued.  It appears that these packages
> were not installed, and the servers that I _did_ install were upgraded
> properly.  So everything apparently worked as it should.
>
> Rick Gatewood said:
> > On Monday 29 October 2001 10:25 am, you wrote:
> > If you upgrade using the installer, it will only replace the files that
> > need to be upgraded. If you have been keeping the system updated it will
> > not take very long to do the upgrade. I have done both upgrades and clean
> > installs (/home is separate partition) The clean install works better for
> > me, but if you don't want to go through that again just use the upgrade
> > function of the installer.
> >
> > Chris said:
> > > So the question is:
> > > What's the best way to perform the upgrade?  I tried adding the new CDs
> > > to Mandrake's "Software Manager" list, but when I try to upgrade the
> > > packages (even if I select just one) I get an error that the packages
> > > are "already installed"

*********************************
Chris Merrill
cmerrill at nc.rr.com
*********************************