On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 7:53 AM Stephen Smoogen <ssmoo...@redhat.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, 21 May 2024 at 03:18, Petr Pisar <ppi...@redhat.com> wrote:
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>> V Mon, May 20, 2024 at 02:15:49PM -0400, Joseph Marrero napsal(a):
>> > * dnf4 & dnf5 should provide a more helpful error when a user types
>> > `dnf install` on a booted image-based system (pointing them to unlock
>> > the system or use rpm-ostree).
>> [...]
>> > * dnf should be used during container builds of image-based Fedora for
>> > most applications and examples.
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>> How is it that DNF is not good enough for users, but at the same time it's
>> good enough for building the images?
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> My guess was that automatic builds will have an unlocked layer and failure to 
> have one means that something broke in the build system before then and needs 
> to be fixed. The error message wanted to be added would help the release 
> engineers also diagnose the problem and look for a fix.
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DNF does not understand image mode/ostree systems yet, however in a
container build we are not in an ostree deployment which allows you to
just run DNF or move files as needed. There is an effort to port the
functionality from rpm-ostree to DNF but this will take time.

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Joseph Marrero
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