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Merge #509 Issue #503 Refine remove-retired-packages section

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@ -118,20 +118,32 @@ For more information you can refer to the man pages (`man rpmconf`).
If you use `rpmconf` to upgrade the system configuration files supplied with the upgraded packages then some configuration files may change. After the upgrade you should verify `/etc/ssh/sshd_config`, `/etc/nsswitch.conf`, `/etc/ntp.conf` and others are expected. For example, if OpenSSH is upgraded then `sshd_config` reverts to the default package configuration. The default package configuration *does not* enable public key authentication, and allows password authentication.
[[sect-clean-up-retired-packages]]
=== Clean-up retired package
=== Clean-up retired packages
Every release Fedora retires a few packages. There are various reasons:
the package become obsoleted, dead upstream or maintainer stepped down.
Fedora no longer distribute these packages, but they are still present
at your systems. You will never receive upgrades. Not even security ones.
It is highly recommend to remove these packages.
With every release, Fedora retires a few packages. There are various reasons;
the packages become obsolete, they have a dead upstream, or the maintainer
steps down. Fedora no longer distributes these packages; however, they are
still on your system. These packages will not receive upgrades. It is highly
recommended to remove them.
If you upgrade across one release (e.g. Fedora 36 to 37), run the following commands:
[source,bash]
----
sudo dnf install remove-retired-packages
remove-retired-packages
$ sudo dnf install remove-retired-packages
$ remove-retired-packages
----
If you upgrade across two releases (e.g. Fedora 35 to 37), you must supply the old release version to `remove-retired-packages`:
[source,bash]
----
$ sudo dnf install remove-retired-packages
$ remove-retired-packages 35
----
NOTE: Upgrades across *more* than two releases are not supported.
[[sect-clean-up-old-packages]]
=== Clean-up old packages