Problems upgrading from Fedora-23 to 24

[Paul Stansell]

Hello,

I'm trying to upgrade from a standard Fedora 23 template to Fedora 24,
but when following the instructions here
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/fedora-template-upgrade-23/, at step 3 I
get

  sudo dnf --releasever=24 distro-sync
     Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:17 ago on Sun Nov  6 14:06:43 2016.
     Error: package python3-dnf-plugins-qubes-hooks-3.1.18-1.fc23.x86_64 requires python(abi) = 3.4, but none of the providers can be installed.
     package qubes-gui-vm-3.1.7-1.fc23.x86_64 requires pulseaudio = 7.1, but none of the providers can be installed.
     package xen-qubes-vm-2001:4.6.1-20.fc23.x86_64 requires xen-libs = 2001:4.6.1-20.fc23, but none of the providers can be installed.
     package qubes-core-vm-3.1.18-1.fc23.x86_64 requires python3-dnf-plugins-qubes-hooks, but none of the providers can be installed.
     package qubes-core-vm-systemd-3.1.18-1.fc23.x86_64 requires qubes-core-vm, but none of the providers can be installed
     (try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting packages)

As suggested, I tried adding --allowerasing, but that didn't help as
then I got

     Downgraded:
       xen-libs.x86_64 4.6.3-6.fc24  xen-licenses.x86_64 4.6.3-6.fc24
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "/bin/dnf", line 58, in <module>
         main.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
       File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/dnf/cli/main.py", line 174, in user_main
       File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/dnf/cli/main.py", line 60, in main
       File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/dnf/cli/main.py", line 120, in _main
       File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/dnf/cli/main.py", line 159, in resolving
       File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/dnf/plugin.py", line 82, in fn
       File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/dnf/util.py", line 183, in mapall
       File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/dnf-plugins/qubes-hooks.py", line 40, in transaction
       File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/iniparse/compat.py", line 146, in getboolean
       File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/iniparse/compat.py", line 219, in get

I have python 3.4 installed, so I also tried

     alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 2
     alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python2 1

and then repeating the upgrade process above, but that didn't help either.

Can anyone offer any more suggestions as to what I could try.

Thanks,

Paul

[Marek Marczykowski-Górecki]

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On Sun, Nov 06, 2016 at 09:51:06PM +0000, Paul Stansell wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to upgrade from a standard Fedora 23 template to Fedora 24,
> but when following the instructions here
> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/fedora-template-upgrade-23/, at step 3 I
> get
>
> sudo dnf --releasever=24 distro-sync
> Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:17 ago on Sun Nov 6 14:06:43
> 2016.
> Error: package python3-dnf-plugins-qubes-hooks-3.1.18-1.fc23.x86_64
> requires python(abi) = 3.4, but none of the providers can be installed.
> package qubes-gui-vm-3.1.7-1.fc23.x86_64 requires pulseaudio = 7.1,
> but none of the providers can be installed.

It looks you have Qubes 3.1, Fedora 24 template is supported only on
Qubes 3.2. Please upgrade first.

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Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab
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