Issues upgrading react-native

[NoelBroda]

Description

Following the "Upgrading" documentation (https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/upgrading.html), I'm not able to upgrade react-native

Reproduction

Run npm install --save react-native@0.38.0 having installed version 0.37.0

You will see this log:

➜  xxx git:(master) ✗ npm install --save react-native@0.38.0
 npm WARN peerDependencies The peer dependency react@~15.4.0-rc.4 included from react-native will no
npm WARN peerDependencies longer be automatically installed to fulfill the peerDependency 
npm WARN peerDependencies in npm 3+. Your application will need to depend on it explicitly.
npm WARN deprecated node-uuid@1.4.7: use uuid module instead
 
> spawn-sync@1.0.15 postinstall /Users/xxx/Personal/xxx/node_modules/react-native/node_modules/yeoman-generator/node_modules/cross-spawn/node_modules/spawn-sync
> node postinstall

npm ERR! Darwin 16.1.0
npm ERR! argv "/Users/xxx/.nvm/versions/node/v4.4.5/bin/node" "/Users/xxx/.nvm/versions/node/v4.4.5/bin/npm" "install" "--save" "react-native@0.38.0"
npm ERR! node v4.4.5
npm ERR! npm  v2.15.5
npm ERR! code EPEERINVALID

npm ERR! peerinvalid The package react@15.3.2 does not satisfy its siblings' peerDependencies requirements!
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer react-native@0.38.0 wants react@~15.4.0-rc.4
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer react-test-renderer@15.3.2 wants react@^15.3.2

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /Users/xxx/Personal/xxx/npm-debug.log

Solution

Add information about how to upgrade properly react-native

Additional Information

• React Native version: 0.37.0
• Platform: N/A
• Operating System: MacOS

[Ehesp]

Have you installed react 15.4?

"react": "15.4.0",

[NoelBroda]

No. I have react 15.3.2.

But, in this issue I'm not requesting help to update my local environment. I'm reporting a bug in the documentation related to upgrading React Native.
If you follow the steps in the documentation, you can not upgrade react native.

We should add the previous steps to upgrade React before upgrading React Native.
There are another peer dependencies errors during React upgrade as well.

[mkonicek]

This is really confusing, sorry! Here's a PR for the docs:
#11123

We'll release a new upgrade tool soon where we should fix this.

[NoelBroda]

@mkonicek is there a PR related? Or is it something you are thinking right now?

If you want, you can give a clue about how/where to do it, and I can send a PR.

[mkonicek]

If you want, you can give a clue about how/where to do it, and I can send a PR.

I'm not sure I understand, sorry. Send a PR for what exactly?

[hramos]

Closing this issue because it has been inactive for a while. If you think it should still be opened let us know why.