Upgrading template in place - set template name in qvm-features

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@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ If you wish to install a new, unmodified Fedora template instead of upgrading a
[user@dom0 ~]$ qvm-shutdown fedora-<new> [user@dom0 ~]$ qvm-shutdown fedora-<new>
[user@dom0 ~]$ sudo losetup -d $dev [user@dom0 ~]$ sudo losetup -d $dev
[user@dom0 ~]$ rm /var/tmp/template-upgrade-cache.img [user@dom0 ~]$ rm /var/tmp/template-upgrade-cache.img
[user@dom0 ~]$ qvm-features fedora-<new> template-name fedora-<new>
``` ```
**Recommended:** [Switch everything that was set to the old template to the new template.](/doc/templates/#switching) **Recommended:** [Switch everything that was set to the old template to the new template.](/doc/templates/#switching)
@ -159,15 +160,21 @@ The same general procedure may be used to upgrade any template based on the stan
[user@dom0 ~]$ rm /var/tmp/template-upgrade-cache.img [user@dom0 ~]$ rm /var/tmp/template-upgrade-cache.img
``` ```
8. (Recommended) [Switch everything that was set to the old template to the new template.](/doc/templates/#switching) 8. Set the template-name, which is used by the Qubes updater.
9. (Optional) Make the new template the global default. ```
[user@dom0 ~]$ qvm-features fedora-<new> template-name fedora-<new>
```
9. (Recommended) [Switch everything that was set to the old template to the new template.](/doc/templates/#switching)
10. (Optional) Make the new template the global default.
``` ```
[user@dom0 ~]$ qubes-prefs --set default_template fedora-<new> [user@dom0 ~]$ qubes-prefs --set default_template fedora-<new>
``` ```
10. (Optional) [Uninstall the old template.](/doc/templates/#uninstalling) 11. (Optional) [Uninstall the old template.](/doc/templates/#uninstalling)
Make sure that the template you're uninstalling is the old one, not the new one! Make sure that the template you're uninstalling is the old one, not the new one!
## Summary instructions for Fedora Minimal templates ## Summary instructions for Fedora Minimal templates
@ -180,6 +187,7 @@ The same general procedure may be used to upgrade any template based on the stan
[root@fedora-<new>-minimal ~]# dnf clean all [root@fedora-<new>-minimal ~]# dnf clean all
[user@fedora-<new>-minimal ~]# dnf --releasever=<new> --best --allowerasing distro-sync [user@fedora-<new>-minimal ~]# dnf --releasever=<new> --best --allowerasing distro-sync
[user@fedora-<new>-minimal ~]# fstrim -v / [user@fedora-<new>-minimal ~]# fstrim -v /
[user@dom0 ~]$ qvm-features fedora-<new>-minimal template-name fedora-<new>
``` ```
(Shut down template by any normal means.) (Shut down template by any normal means.)