Bug 2169029

Summary:	[Feature Request] Update Fedora without wiping
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	romulasry
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	39	CC:	anaconda-maint-list, vponcova, vslavik, w
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Description romulasry 2023-02-11 05:22:38 UTC

Description of problem:
Can't update Fedora without reformatting

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run
2. The
3. Installer

Actual results:
Have to reformat older Fedora release

Expected results:
Updates older partition(s).

Additional info:

Comment 1 Vladimír Slávik 2023-02-21 14:41:00 UTC

If you want to update Fedora - you do that from the system, not from the installer.

If you want to install over the old system without formatting - sorry. With custom partitioning, you can install over the old system AND choose to keep /home if it is a separate partition, LVM logical volume or BTRFS subvolume. But otherwise we do not let people install over populated filesystems, there is no guarantee it would create an usable result.

Comment 2 Fedora Release Engineering 2023-08-16 07:06:47 UTC

This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora Linux 39 development cycle.
Changing version to 39.