Ok, so i’ve been running Factory for 5 years now, and every time it goes to full release i have to wipe and reinstall with the new factory version. Is there any way i can automate this process a little more? I dislike the extra effort i could instead be spending on looking for bugs in the new version and reporting them.
On 2013-11-02 20:56, bioshacker001 wrote:
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> Ok, so i’ve been running Factory for 5 years now, and every time it goes
> to full release i have to wipe and reinstall with the new factory
> version. Is there any way i can automate this process a little more? I
> dislike the extra effort i could instead be spending on looking for bugs
> in the new version and reporting them.
The only recommended way (by the devs) is to use “zypper dup” every
time, provided you have the appropriate repos.
Even so, factory breaks completely now and them. Sometimes, your system
can be destroyed, or the update does not work at all, or the install
disks do not build, or they do not work…
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
Well, it’ll break either way, if i do a clean wipe… But at least this gives me the option to potential move forward without 6 hours of reinstall. Using the standard factory repos, i’m guessing?
Factory never goes to a full release, so i’m not sure what do you mean here. If one runs Factory, then one never needs to reinstall, just constant zypper dup is enough to be up-to-date.
On 2013-11-04 07:32, bioshacker001 wrote:
> Well, it’ll break either way, if i do a clean wipe… But at least this
> gives me the option to potential move forward without 6 hours of
> reinstall. Using the standard factory repos, i’m guessing?
Keeping factory all the time guarantees that you spend days and days
installing, with total breakage now and then, and the corresponding
reinstall session.
You have the wrong expectations of factory, if you think it will save
reinstalls and time. Maybe what you are seeking for is Tumbleweed?
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)