On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 11:34 AM, lee <l...@yun.yagibdah.de> wrote:
> Same result, no packages marked for sync.  It doesn't do anything and
> the packages from 17 remain installed along with the ones from 18.

Hmm, maybe your repository configuration is still unhappy?  What does
`yum repolist` say?

Also, you could try a `yum clean all` and retry it; perhaps there's
some stale data screwing up the works.

Are you using a F17 yum/rpm or an F18 yum/rpm?  (`rpm -q yum rpm` will
tell you.)  A mixture of these could also be causing issues.

> Is there a way to get rid of the packages from 17 and to replace them
> with those from 18 without breaking anything?

This is exactly what `yum distro-sync` is supposed to do.  Figuring
out why it's unhappy is the first step to getting your system back
into working order.

> This is something the
> package management is supposed to take care of in the first place so a
> situation like this should never occur ...

I'm not aware of any package manager that doesn't have issues like
these from time to time.  dpkg/apt aren't any better;  I've seen
Debian and Ubuntu upgrades go south and leave the system in an
inconsistent state too.

Remember, Murphy's Law always applies.  ;-)

-T.C.
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