On Sat Apr22'23 03:59:36PM, Community Support for Fedora Users wrote:
> From: ToddAndMargo via users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2023 15:59:36 -0700
> To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org
> Cc: ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com>
> Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Subject: Re: Fedora 38 Upgrade From Fedora 36
> 
> On 4/22/23 15:31, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> > On 4/22/23 10:31, Barry wrote:
> > > > On 22 Apr 2023, at 18:11, David Dembrow <ddemb...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Is it safe to upgrade to fedora 38 from fedora 36?  Or in other
> > > > words can a release cycle get skipped?
> > > 
> > > It is not recommended. Safest to go via 37.
> > 
> > That is not correct.  See the link that Jeffrey posted.
> > 
> > "System upgrade is only officially supported and tested over 2 releases
> > at most (e.g. from 36 to 38)."
> > 
> > I have upgraded 2 releases at a time many times with no issues.
> 
> I have got away with it too.  Went two at
> a time from 33 to 37 last year at
> a customer site.
>

Actually, I went F34 -> F38 last night, without any issue. Just added a 
--nogpgcheck.

So, I have this circa 2009 Dell Precision T7710 and the HDD died. I put in an 
old SSD and brought it back. However, for some reason, it does not boot off of 
a live CD that is newer. I had one F34 lying around, and got it booted off 
that. Then I  did

sudo dnf update --releasever 38

and it went through the download and then failed at the key check. So, I tried 
by removing the check and it went through.

sudo dnf update --releasever 38 --nogpgcheck

After installation, it asked to verify the key for F38, and that was permitted, 
and it appears to be like another machine that has been able to follow a more 
disciplined regimen. I tried this on a whim some time ago with another old 
machine (F34 -> F37 in that case), and it worked then too. I guess this is not 
recommended, but it worked for me.

Thanks,
Ranjan
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