From 419137c3a5b53016e1a8ede8c1b6f8c328ad9ed7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Axon Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 05:19:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updating dom0 does not update templates Fixes QubesOS/qubes-issues#1616 --- managing-os/templates.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/managing-os/templates.md b/managing-os/templates.md index c97a343c..5a73d90f 100644 --- a/managing-os/templates.md +++ b/managing-os/templates.md @@ -75,3 +75,13 @@ Important Notes TemplateBasedVMs persist in this manner. If you would like to make changes in other directories which *do* persist in this manner, you must make those changes in the parent TemplateVM. + + * Templates are not autmoatically updated when + [updating dom0](/doc/software-update-dom0/). This is by design, since doing + so would cause all user modifications to templates to be lost. Instead, you + should update your tempaltes + [from within each template](/doc/software-update-vm/). If you *do* want to + update a template from dom0 (and thereby lose any user modifications in the + existing template), you must first uninstall the existing template from dom0: + + $ sudo yum remove qubes-template-fedora-23