Description of problem: When attempting to upgrade from FC2, fc2 install is detected as upgradeable but no warning is given that skipping versions is wrong. The "upgraded" fc5 install will not boot. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: attempt to upgrade an fc2 installation to fc5 Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
We should probably put back some sort of "oldest to upgrade from" check in upgrade.py
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this is now irrelevant, as this is as upgrade from an unsupported fedora to an unsupported fedora. Please reopen this if the upgrades between current fedora versions has issues.