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new mysterious up2date option...

new mysterious up2date option...

2003-04-07       - By Jesse Keating

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So, did a up2date --help for snorts and giggles. Found a few really cool
options, such as:

--show-available List all packages available that are not currently
installed

and


--show-orphans List all packages currently installed that are not in
channels the system is subscribed to

But the one thats _REALLY_ got my going "hrmmmmm! " is this one (which has no
entry in the man page, nor the Changelog file):

--upgrade-to-release= <release-version >
Upgrade to the channel specified

Is this what I think it is? A support (but hidden) way of doing dist version
upgrades with up2date?! <que angels >HAAAAAALLELUJAH! </angels >

Anywho, I can 't find any documentation on this option. Is anybody in the
"know " on this one?

--
Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE
http://geek.j2solutions.net
Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org)

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