Fedora 19 > 20 upgrade using "fedup"

MickZA

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Just completed upgrading from Fedora 19 to 20 using the fedup upgrade tool with no major problems.

After running "yum clean all" & "yum update" the first "fedup -- network 20" produced the following warnings on my system (YMMV):

Code:
WARNING: problems were encountered during transaction test:
  broken dependencies
    bpg-sans-modern-fonts-2.025-9.fc17.noarch requires bpg-fonts-common-20120413-2.fc19.noarch
    bpg-sans-medium-fonts-1.005-9.fc17.noarch requires bpg-fonts-common-20120413-2.fc19.noarch
    bpg-glaho-fonts-9.000-9.fc17.noarch requires bpg-fonts-common-20120413-2.fc19.noarch
    bpg-excelsior-fonts-2.025-9.fc17.noarch requires bpg-fonts-common-20120413-2.fc19.noarch
    bpg-algeti-fonts-2.005-9.fc17.noarch requires bpg-fonts-common-20120413-2.fc19.noarch
    bpg-courier-fonts-4.002-9.fc17.noarch requires bpg-fonts-common-20120413-2.fc19.noarch
    bpg-ingiri-fonts-4.000-9.fc17.noarch requires bpg-fonts-common-20120413-2.fc19.noarch
    bpg-elite-fonts-3.000-9.fc17.noarch requires bpg-fonts-common-20120413-2.fc19.noarch
    bpg-serif-fonts-1.005-9.fc17.noarch requires bpg-fonts-common-20120413-2.fc19.noarch
    gnome-shell-extension-xrandr-indicator-3.8.4-1.fc19.noarch requires gnome-shell-extension-common-3.8.4-1.fc19.noarch
    bpg-courier-s-fonts-4.000-9.fc17.noarch requires bpg-fonts-common-20120413-2.fc19.noarch
    bpg-sans-regular-fonts-1.005-9.fc17.noarch requires bpg-fonts-common-20120413-2.fc19.noarch
    bpg-nino-medium-cond-fonts-4.005-9.fc17.noarch requires bpg-fonts-common-20120413-2.fc19.noarch
    bpg-chveulebrivi-fonts-3.002-9.fc17.noarch requires bpg-fonts-common-20120413-2.fc19.noarch
    bpg-nino-medium-fonts-4.005-9.fc17.noarch requires bpg-fonts-common-20120413-2.fc19.noarch
    bpg-serif-modern-fonts-2.028-9.fc17.noarch requires bpg-fonts-common-20120413-2.fc19.noarch
    java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-1:1.8.0.0-0.19.b106.fc19.i686 requires java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.0-0.19.b106.fc19.i686
    bpg-sans-fonts-1.005-9.fc17.noarch requires bpg-fonts-common-20120413-2.fc19.noarch
Continue with the upgrade at your own risk.

... did a "yum remove" on the offending packages followed by "yum update" and "fedup -- network 20" then ran clean.

Rebooted and ran the upgrade option from grub. Total time from start to finish about 4 hours on a 8Mbps line.

Had to install Fripparies for F20 from http://intgat.tigress.co.uk/rmy/extensions/index.html to fully restore my F19 desktop but was otherwise a smooth upgrade.

Warning: I see from the Fedora forum that problems have been reported with fedup & nVidia systems so do your homework first.
 
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