How can I do a partial Silverblue upgrade?

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And so I did! As it turns out, after following your instructions, I was able to upgrade my system while keeping the older Mesa drivers. Please see some sample commands:

rpm -qa | grep mesa

mesa-libGLU-9.0.3-4.fc40.x86_64
mesa-filesystem-24.0.8-1.fc40.x86_64
mesa-va-drivers-24.0.8-1.fc40.x86_64
mesa-libglapi-24.0.8-1.fc40.x86_64
mesa-dri-drivers-24.0.8-1.fc40.x86_64
mesa-libgbm-24.0.8-1.fc40.x86_64
mesa-libEGL-24.0.8-1.fc40.x86_64
mesa-libGL-24.0.8-1.fc40.x86_64
mesa-vulkan-drivers-24.0.8-1.fc40.x86_64
mesa-libxatracker-24.0.8-1.fc40.x86_64

inxi -G

Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Oland [Radeon HD 8570 / R5 430 OEM R7 240/340 Radeon 520 OEM]
    driver: radeon v: kernel
  Display: wayland server: X.Org v: 24.1 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.0
    compositor: gnome-shell v: 46.2 driver: X: loaded: radeon
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: radeon
    resolution: 2560x1440~75Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.0.8 renderer: OLAND (radeonsi
    LLVM 18.1.1 DRM 2.50 6.9.6-200.fc40.x86_64)
  API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.

rpm-ostree status --booted

State: idle
BootedDeployment:
● fedora:fedora/40/x86_64/silverblue
                  Version: 40.20240628.0 (2024-06-28T01:04:36Z)
               BaseCommit: 0e3b27a3929e9578dce841d1bdd324ddd22855e84ffe6cebe3b81b35a9bdd271
             GPGSignature: Valid signature by 115DF9AEF857853EE8445D0A0727707EA15B79CC
           LocalOverrides: mesa-va-drivers mesa-filesystem mesa-vulkan-drivers mesa-libEGL mesa-libgbm mesa-libglapi mesa-dri-drivers mesa-libxatracker mesa-libGL 24.1.2-2.fc40 -> 24.0.8-1.fc40
          LayeredPackages: bat btop distrobox duf eza fastfetch fdupes fira-code-fonts foot gimp gnome-tweaks google-arimo-fonts google-cousine-fonts
                           google-roboto-condensed-fonts google-roboto-fonts google-roboto-mono-fonts google-roboto-slab-fonts google-tinos-fonts inxi mc
                           mozilla-fira-fonts-common mozilla-fira-mono-fonts mozilla-fira-sans-fonts ncdu neovim nmap python3-beautifulsoup4 python3-bpython
                           python3-sqlalchemy python3-stem ranger rclone sl tmux ugrep xxd
            LocalPackages: insync-3.9.1.60010-fc40.x86_64 mullvad-vpn-2024.3-1.x86_64

Thank you so very much!

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