On Wednesday 02 December 2009, sean darcy wrote: > rpm -q VirtualBox > VirtualBox-3.1.0_BETA3_55271_fedora11-1.x86_64 > > Got the 3.1 f11 rpm this afternoon. rpm -F doesn't work. rpm -U gives > lots of file conflicts. > > Does rpm -U --replacefiles work? > > I could rpm -e, rpm -i, but wouldn't all my settings be gone?
Just remove the beta package with ''rpm -e'', none of your VM settings / VM images will be lost. Then install the 3.1.0 final package. I'm still searching for a clean upgrade path. There was a suggestion to add an ''Obsoletes: VirtualBox'' field to the 3.1 package which would allow for an easy upgrade path. However, as soon as 3.0.12 and 3.1.0 packages reside in the same repository and the user does ''yum update / zypper update'', a 3.0.12 package is automatically updated to 3.1.0 which is not intended behavior, because some users might prefer to keep the 3.0.12 package for some time. Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Sitz der Gesellschaft: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, 85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Amtsgericht München: HRB 161028 Geschäftsführer: Thomas Schröder, Wolfgang Engels, Wolf Frenkel Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Häring
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