Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-28 Thread old sixpack13
8MB of Fedora System Updates as opposed to application updates, right > from the first boot of F34 after a fresh install, and that calculation > of how many updates are available never changes irrespective of how many > updates are applied by dnf and how often. I've had F34 installed in t

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Samuel Sieb
em Updates as opposed to application updates, right from the first boot of F34 after a fresh install, and that calculation of how many updates are available never changes irrespective of how many updates are applied by dnf and how often. I've had F34 installed in the vm for probably aroun

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 2021-06-27 7:59 p.m., Stephen Morris wrote: On 28/6/21 10:12, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 2021-06-27 4:12 p.m., Stephen Morris wrote: On 27/6/21 22:43, Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 20:34, Stephen Morris wrote: While we are on the topic of updates with dnf, I have noticed that when dnf goes

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Stephen Morris
was performed and immediately followed by a need for another update.  I do my updates with "dnf --refresh update". The only thing I've seen is when packageKit is telling me there are updates but when dnf runs it says no updates are available.  I attribute that to packageKit using differe

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Chris Murphy
PackageKit uses libdnf. libdnf is the core library for dnf,PackageKit and rpm-ostree. You should generally get the same results using either dnf or PackageKit. -- Chris Murphy ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Stephen Morris
On 28/6/21 10:12, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 2021-06-27 4:12 p.m., Stephen Morris wrote: On 27/6/21 22:43, Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 20:34, Stephen Morris wrote: While we are on the topic of updates with dnf, I have noticed that when dnf goes to a mirror to find an update, if it can't find

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Stephen Morris
On 28/6/21 09:43, Ed Greshko wrote: On 28/06/2021 07:06, Stephen Morris wrote: On 28/6/21 05:01, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 2021-06-27 4:28 a.m., Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 16:31, Stephen Morris wrote: Hi,     I have just done a sudo dnf upgrade on F34 which I think upgraded 1311 packages

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Ed Greshko
by a need for another update.  I do my updates with "dnf --refresh update". The only thing I've seen is when packageKit is telling me there are updates but when dnf runs it says no updates are available.  I attribute that to packageKit using different mirrors than dnf. I hadn't realise

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 2021-06-27 4:12 p.m., Stephen Morris wrote: On 27/6/21 22:43, Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 20:34, Stephen Morris wrote: While we are on the topic of updates with dnf, I have noticed that when dnf goes to a mirror to find an update, if it can't find the package it produces a 404 error

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Samuel Sieb
updates with "dnf --refresh update". The only thing I've seen is when packageKit is telling me there are updates but when dnf runs it says no updates are available.  I attribute that to packageKit using different mirrors than dnf. I hadn't realised Discover was using Packagekit. If i

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 28/06/2021 07:12, Stephen Morris wrote: On 27/6/21 22:43, Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 20:34, Stephen Morris wrote: I hadn't realised Discover was using Packagekit. If it is using different mirrors to dnf and they indicate they have updates over and above what dnf has applied, does

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 28/06/2021 07:06, Stephen Morris wrote: On 28/6/21 05:01, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 2021-06-27 4:28 a.m., Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 16:31, Stephen Morris wrote: Hi,     I have just done a sudo dnf upgrade on F34 which I think upgraded 1311 packages. After the update finished I rebooted

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Stephen Morris
On 28/6/21 04:59, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 2021-06-27 5:34 a.m., Stephen Morris wrote: On 27/6/21 22:23, Ed Greshko wrote: I have not had a situation where an update was performed and immediately followed by a need for another update.  I do my updates with "dnf --refresh update". The

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Stephen Morris
On 27/6/21 22:52, Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 20:45, Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 20:43, Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 20:34, Stephen Morris wrote: I hadn't realised Discover was using Packagekit. If it is using different mirrors to dnf and they indicate they have updates over

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Stephen Morris
On 27/6/21 22:43, Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 20:34, Stephen Morris wrote: I hadn't realised Discover was using Packagekit. If it is using different mirrors to dnf and they indicate they have updates over and above what dnf has applied, does that mean dnf will catch up

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Stephen Morris
On 28/6/21 05:01, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 2021-06-27 4:28 a.m., Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 16:31, Stephen Morris wrote: Hi,     I have just done a sudo dnf upgrade on F34 which I think upgraded 1311 packages. After the update finished I rebooted F34 and then ran discovery and it was still

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 2021-06-27 4:28 a.m., Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 16:31, Stephen Morris wrote: Hi,     I have just done a sudo dnf upgrade on F34 which I think upgraded 1311 packages. After the update finished I rebooted F34 and then ran discovery and it was still telling me there was 628 MB of F34

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 2021-06-27 5:34 a.m., Stephen Morris wrote: On 27/6/21 22:23, Ed Greshko wrote: I have not had a situation where an update was performed and immediately followed by a need for another update.  I do my updates with "dnf --refresh update". The only thing I've seen is when

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 27/06/2021 20:45, Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 20:43, Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 20:34, Stephen Morris wrote: I hadn't realised Discover was using Packagekit. If it is using different mirrors to dnf and they indicate they have updates over and above what dnf has applied, does

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 27/06/2021 20:43, Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 20:34, Stephen Morris wrote: I hadn't realised Discover was using Packagekit. If it is using different mirrors to dnf and they indicate they have updates over and above what dnf has applied, does that mean dnf will catch up

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 27/06/2021 20:34, Stephen Morris wrote: I hadn't realised Discover was using Packagekit. If it is using different mirrors to dnf and they indicate they have updates over and above what dnf has applied, does that mean dnf will catch up, or are they updates that dnf will  never put on because

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Stephen Morris
On 27/6/21 22:30, Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 20:24, Stephen Morris wrote: On 27/6/21 21:28, Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 16:31, Stephen Morris wrote: Hi,     I have just done a sudo dnf upgrade on F34 which I think upgraded 1311 packages. After the update finished I rebooted F34

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Stephen Morris
On 27/6/21 22:23, Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 20:00, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sun, 2021-06-27 at 18:31 +1000, Stephen Morris wrote: Hi,   I have just done a sudo dnf upgrade on F34 which I think upgraded 1311 packages. After the update finished I rebooted F34 and then ran

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 27/06/2021 20:24, Stephen Morris wrote: On 27/6/21 21:28, Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 16:31, Stephen Morris wrote: Hi,     I have just done a sudo dnf upgrade on F34 which I think upgraded 1311 packages. After the update finished I rebooted F34 and then ran discovery and it was still

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Stephen Morris
On 27/6/21 21:28, Ed Greshko wrote: On 27/06/2021 16:31, Stephen Morris wrote: Hi,     I have just done a sudo dnf upgrade on F34 which I think upgraded 1311 packages. After the update finished I rebooted F34 and then ran discovery and it was still telling me there was 628 MB of F34 Platform

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 27/06/2021 20:00, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sun, 2021-06-27 at 18:31 +1000, Stephen Morris wrote: Hi, I have just done a sudo dnf upgrade on F34 which I think upgraded 1311 packages. After the update finished I rebooted F34 and then ran discovery and it was still telling me

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2021-06-27 at 18:31 +1000, Stephen Morris wrote: > Hi, > I have just done a sudo dnf upgrade on F34 which I think > upgraded > 1311 packages. After the update finished I rebooted F34 and then ran > discovery and it was still telling me there was 628 MB of F34 > P

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 27/06/2021 16:31, Stephen Morris wrote: Hi,     I have just done a sudo dnf upgrade on F34 which I think upgraded 1311 packages. After the update finished I rebooted F34 and then ran discovery and it was still telling me there was 628 MB of F34 Platform updates to put on, which I did put

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 27/06/2021 16:53, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 2021-06-27 1:31 a.m., Stephen Morris wrote: Hi, I have just done a sudo dnf upgrade on F34 which I think upgraded 1311 packages. After the update finished I rebooted F34 and then ran discovery and it was still telling me there was 628 MB of F34

Re: DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 2021-06-27 1:31 a.m., Stephen Morris wrote: Hi,     I have just done a sudo dnf upgrade on F34 which I think upgraded 1311 packages. After the update finished I rebooted F34 and then ran discovery and it was still telling me there was 628 MB of F34 Platform updates to put on, which I did

DNF not Installing all Updates?

2021-06-27 Thread Stephen Morris
Hi,     I have just done a sudo dnf upgrade on F34 which I think upgraded 1311 packages. After the update finished I rebooted F34 and then ran discovery and it was still telling me there was 628 MB of F34 Platform updates to put on, which I did put on. Why is dnf not installing all updates

Re: DNF update failures

2021-05-23 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/22/21 7:40 PM, Scott Beamer wrote: I'm having problems with DNF tonight. Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'updates-testing' e.g. Downloading successful, but checksum doesn't match. and Curl error (23): Failed writing received data to disk/application for https

Re: DNF update failures

2021-05-22 Thread Joe Zeff
On 5/22/21 8:54 PM, Scott Beamer wrote: Right after I posted, the problem seems to have resolved itself. Never mind. :) Glad to see that, but it's still a good idea to remember my suggestion if/when it happens again. ___ users mailing list --

Re: DNF update failures

2021-05-22 Thread Scott Beamer
On 5/22/21 7:49 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 5/22/21 8:40 PM, Scott Beamer wrote: I'm having problems with DNF tonight. Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'updates-testing' e.g. Downloading successful, but checksum doesn't match. and Curl error (23): Failed writing received data

Re: DNF update failures

2021-05-22 Thread Joe Zeff
On 5/22/21 8:40 PM, Scott Beamer wrote: I'm having problems with DNF tonight. Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'updates-testing' e.g. Downloading successful, but checksum doesn't match. and Curl error (23): Failed writing received data to disk/application for https

DNF update failures

2021-05-22 Thread Scott Beamer
Greetings, I'm having problems with DNF tonight. Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'updates-testing' e.g. Downloading successful, but checksum doesn't match. and Curl error (23): Failed writing received data to disk/application for https://... Any suggestions? Pastebin

nagios and dnf

2021-05-11 Thread Łukasz Posadowski
Hi. Can You recommend a plugin, or a shell/prel/python wrapper for dnf checks in Nagios? Is there a widely accepted one? I'm finding only plugins for older yum versions, which, according to readmes, may not work with dnf. I would really like if it would use cache and do not "dnf update&q

Re: dnf error in /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-fedora-all.repo

2021-05-05 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/5/21 10:02 AM, sbob wrote: Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-fedora-all.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1653831 Tell the upstream provider of the file that

Re: dnf error in /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-fedora-all.repo

2021-05-05 Thread Alex Gurenko via users
Remove failovermethod from /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-fedora-all.repo? --- Best regards, Alex ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 at 19:02, sbob wrote: > All; > > I get this when I run dnf (search, update, etc): > > Invalid configuration value: failover

dnf error in /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-fedora-all.repo

2021-05-05 Thread sbob
All; I get this when I run dnf (search, update, etc): Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-fedora-all.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist Thoughts? ___

Re: dnf system-upgrade dependency resolution failure

2021-05-04 Thread Sam Varshavchik
ist of problems? Yes, it was. dnf sees the .fc34 package, but then claims no knowledge of "selinux-policy = 34.3-1.fc34". I see selinux-policy-34.3-1.fc34.noarch.rpm in updates, and with specifying --allowerasing results in my local packages getting uninstalled, and the selinux-policy upd

Re: dnf system-upgrade dependency resolution failure

2021-05-03 Thread Samuel Sieb
.fc33.20210503063931.x86_64  - libcxxbase-selinux-0.23.0.20210503-1.fc33.20210503063931.x86_64 does not belong to a distupgrade repository  - nothing provides selinux-policy >= 34.3-1.fc34 needed by libcxxbase-selinux-0.23.0.20210503-1.fc34.x86_64 Is that the complete list of problems? dnf sees the .f

dnf system-upgrade dependency resolution failure

2021-05-03 Thread Sam Varshavchik
-0.23.0.20210503-1.fc33.20210503063931.x86_64 does not belong to a distupgrade repository - nothing provides selinux-policy >= 34.3-1.fc34 needed by libcxxbase-selinux-0.23.0.20210503-1.fc34.x86_64 dnf sees the .fc34 package, but then claims no knowledge of "selinux-policy = 34.3-1.fc34&q

Re: Desktop crash during a `dnf upgrade`, will this be a problem now?

2021-04-01 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 3/31/21 11:30 PM, Qiyu Yan wrote: Just now during a routine update using `dnf update` my desktop process gnome-shell crashed. Afterwards, I checked dnf history and /var/log/dnf.log to see if any inconsistency is present. dnf.log didn't report the last transaction as completed, but `dnf

Desktop crash during a `dnf upgrade`, will this be a problem now?

2021-04-01 Thread Qiyu Yan
Hi! folks, Just now during a routine update using `dnf update` my desktop process gnome-shell crashed. Afterwards, I checked dnf history and /var/log/dnf.log to see if any inconsistency is present. dnf.log didn't report the last transaction as completed, but `dnf history info last` report

dnf dkms interaction

2021-03-13 Thread Robert McBroom via users
When updating the kernel, dnf tries to use dkms to add my NVIDIA drivers, For some reason it tries to use 390.129 instead of the current 390.141 driver. The manual install works. /var/lib/dkms/nvidia:   total used in directory 20 available 57.5 GiB   drwxr-xr-x. 5 root root 4096 Mar 12 23:44

Re: dnf update of wine shows error??

2021-03-07 Thread Michael D. Setzer II via users
On 8 Mar 2021 at 6:12, Michael D. Setzer II via user wrote: To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Date sent: Mon, 08 Mar 2021 06:12:15 +1000 Subject:dnf update of wine shows error?? Priority: normal Send reply to: Community

dnf update of wine shows error??

2021-03-07 Thread Michael D. Setzer II via users
010c:err:process:exec_process failed to load L"C:\\windows\\syswow64\\rundll32.exe" error c018 wine: configuration in L"H:\\.wine" has been updated. Just ran dnf update and it installed updates to wine. Then ran wine notepad to test, and noticed

Re: dnf error , rpm database damaged ???

2021-01-20 Thread Chris Murphy
On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 4:27 PM Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: > > Or a brain -damaged SELINUX is screwing up the /var/ partition because > of an imaginary threat > ( a threat that it only exists in it's own twisted mind or whatever > equivalent it has ) and in so > doing it fills up the entire /var

Re: dnf error , rpm database damaged ???

2021-01-20 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 1/20/21 3:26 PM, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: Στις 20/1/21 2:18 μ.μ., ο/η George N. White III έγραψε: There is a good chance the storage device is failing.  Make sure you have backups. Or a brain -damaged SELINUX is screwing up the /var/ partition because of an imaginary threat ( a threat

Re: dnf error , rpm database damaged ???

2021-01-20 Thread Kostas Sfakiotakis
wrote: >>    dnf info sendmail >> error: SELECT hnum, idx FROM 'Providename' WHERE key=?: 11: database >> disk image is malformed >> error: SELECT hnum, idx FROM 'Providename' WHERE key=?: 11: database >> disk image is malformed &

Re: dnf error , rpm database damaged ???

2021-01-20 Thread George N. White III
On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 at 19:28, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: > > Στις 19/1/21 11:09 μ.μ., ο/η Garry T. Williams έγραψε: > > On Tuesday, January 19, 2021 3:15:59 PM EST Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: > >>dnf info sendmail > >> error: SELECT hnum, idx FROM 'Providen

Re: dnf error , rpm database damaged ???

2021-01-19 Thread Kostas Sfakiotakis
Στις 19/1/21 11:09 μ.μ., ο/η Garry T. Williams έγραψε: On Tuesday, January 19, 2021 3:15:59 PM EST Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: dnf info sendmail error: SELECT hnum, idx FROM 'Providename' WHERE key=?: 11: database disk image is malformed error: SELECT hnum, idx FROM 'Providename' WHERE key

Re: dnf error , rpm database damaged ???

2021-01-19 Thread Garry T. Williams
On Tuesday, January 19, 2021 3:15:59 PM EST Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: > dnf info sendmail > error: SELECT hnum, idx FROM 'Providename' WHERE key=?: 11: database > disk image is malformed > error: SELECT hnum, idx FROM 'Providename' WHERE key=?: 11: database > disk image is mal

dnf error , rpm database damaged ???

2021-01-19 Thread Kostas Sfakiotakis
Greetings , I tried to run the command bellow and i was unsuccessful . Well  dnf clean all doesn't work either . Does anyone have any clue as to what the messages below mean and what might have caused it ?? More importantly how do i rectify this situation ??  dnf info sendmail error

Re: dnf conflict with cockpit upgrades

2021-01-16 Thread Peter Boy
> Am 17.01.2021 um 01:02 schrieb Samuel Sieb : > > On 1/16/21 5:31 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: >> So as far as I can remember I haven't done anything custom here but... >> Problem 1: package cockpit-bridge-235-1.fc33.x86_64 conflicts with >> cockpit-dashboard < 233 provided by

Re: dnf conflict with cockpit upgrades

2021-01-16 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 1/16/21 5:31 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: So as far as I can remember I haven't done anything custom here but...  Problem 1: package cockpit-bridge-235-1.fc33.x86_64 conflicts with cockpit-dashboard < 233 provided by cockpit-dashboard-229-1.fc33.noarch   - cannot install the best update

Re: dnf conflict with cockpit upgrades

2021-01-16 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 1/16/21 3:12 PM, Peter Boy wrote: Am 16.01.2021 um 23:07 schrieb Samuel Sieb : That is strange. This is what I get: # dnf install cockpit According your list you don’t have cockpit-dashboard installed, which is the culprit Oops, you're right! I missed that. However: # dnf install

Re: dnf conflict with cockpit upgrades

2021-01-16 Thread Peter Boy
> Am 16.01.2021 um 23:07 schrieb Samuel Sieb : > > That is strange. This is what I get: > > # dnf install cockpit > Last metadata expiration check: 3:19:39 ago on Sat 16 Jan 2021 07:45:05 AM > PST. &g

Re: dnf conflict with cockpit upgrades

2021-01-16 Thread Samuel Sieb
for a few days, thinking the mirrors were out of sync, I did the same thing to get around the problem :-( That is strange. This is what I get: # dnf install cockpit Last metadata expiration check: 3:19:39 ago on Sat 16 Jan 2021 07:45:05 AM PST. Dependencies resolved

Re: dnf conflict with cockpit upgrades

2021-01-16 Thread Patrick Mansfield via users
On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 03:49:41PM +0100, Peter Boy wrote: > > > > Is it me or a packaging problem? > > > I had the same problem on several servers. I just removed dashboard - not the > best solution but the quickest. After hitting the problem for a few days, thinking the mirrors were out of

Re: dnf conflict with cockpit upgrades

2021-01-16 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 1/16/21 5:31 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: So as far as I can remember I haven't done anything custom here but...  Problem 1: package cockpit-bridge-235-1.fc33.x86_64 conflicts with cockpit-dashboard < 233 provided by cockpit-dashboard-229-1.fc33.noarch Looks like this is the missing piece.

Re: dnf conflict with cockpit upgrades

2021-01-16 Thread Peter Boy
> Am 16.01.2021 um 14:31 schrieb Richard Shaw : > > So as far as I can remember I haven't done anything custom here but... > > Problem 1: package cockpit-bridge-235-1.fc33.x86_64 conflicts with > cockpit-dashboard < 233 provided by cockpit-dashboard-229-1.fc33.noarch > - cannot install the

dnf conflict with cockpit upgrades

2021-01-16 Thread Richard Shaw
So as far as I can remember I haven't done anything custom here but... Problem 1: package cockpit-bridge-235-1.fc33.x86_64 conflicts with cockpit-dashboard < 233 provided by cockpit-dashboard-229-1.fc33.noarch - cannot install the best update candidate for package

Re: dnf for newbies

2021-01-07 Thread Matthew Miller
On Thu, Jan 07, 2021 at 01:06:07PM -0600, David wrote: > The wiki page that I was referring to ( I think ) was somewhere linked to > this: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Differences_to_Ubuntu#Package_Management You can see that page is marked as {old} at the top. We're generally moving away

Re: dnf for newbies

2021-01-07 Thread David
Thank you all. That was very helpful. Clearly, I have a whole lot more to learn about Fedora, dnf, systemd, mesa, the kernel, Gnome 40, wayland, xwayland, etc. The wiki page that I was referring to ( I think ) was somewhere linked to this: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Differences_to_Ubuntu

Re: dnf for newbies

2021-01-07 Thread Matthew Miller
On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 07:01:06PM -0600, David wrote: > The Fedora wiki page “dnf vs. apt” needs some tender-loving-care, or TLC. Do you mean this doc? https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/dnf-vs-apt/ -- Matthew Miller Fedora Project Lea

Re: dnf for newbies

2021-01-07 Thread Matthew Miller
On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 07:01:06PM -0600, David wrote: > I am just curious if the Fedora Wiki on dnf is the best source of info on > the current state of dnf. Probably the best place is the upstream DNF docs: https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ -- Matthew Miller Fedora Project

dnf for newbies

2021-01-06 Thread David
I am just curious if the Fedora Wiki on dnf is the best source of info on the current state of dnf. I see on YouTube all the Debian / Ubuntu-fanboys criticizing dnf. The other sources of info on the web about dnf seem to be at least prior to 2018. I do not yet know enough to help update those

Re: Failed to start dnf makecache

2020-12-31 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 12/31/20 4:52 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 31/12/2020 20:41, Neal Becker wrote: I'm not very familiar with restorecon and it's options, what might be the command? sudo restorecon -R /var/lib/rpm Use "-Rv" if you want to see if it makes any changes.

Re: Failed to start dnf makecache

2020-12-31 Thread Ed Greshko
ns just fine. Could be that the selinux labels are wrong, and cron and the dnf subprocesses can’t read the files.  A ‘restorecon’ on the directory probably will fix that — Jonathan Billings I'm not very familiar with restorecon and it's options, what might be the command? sud

Re: Failed to start dnf makecache

2020-12-31 Thread Neal Becker
On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 7:44 PM Jonathan Billings wrote: > On Dec 30, 2020, at 13:49, Neal Becker wrote: > > > > Thanks for the suggestion, > > > > No, rpm -qa runs just fine. > > Could be that the selinux labels are wrong, and cron and the dnf &g

Re: Failed to start dnf makecache

2020-12-30 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Dec 30, 2020, at 13:49, Neal Becker wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestion, > > No, rpm -qa runs just fine. Could be that the selinux labels are wrong, and cron and the dnf subprocesses can’t read the files. A ‘restorecon’ on the directory probably will fix that — Jonat

Re: Failed to start dnf makecache

2020-12-30 Thread Neal Becker
Thanks for the suggestion, No, rpm -qa runs just fine. On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 11:45 AM Jorge Fábregas wrote: > On 12/30/20 12:18 PM, Neal Becker wrote: > > Dec 30 11:01:29 nbecker8 dnf[1421142]: Error: Error: rpmdb open failed > > Do you get errors when you perform: rpm

Re: Failed to start dnf makecache

2020-12-30 Thread Jorge Fábregas
On 12/30/20 12:18 PM, Neal Becker wrote: > Dec 30 11:01:29 nbecker8 dnf[1421142]: Error: Error: rpmdb open failed Do you get errors when you perform: rpm -qa ??? If so, this could be a corrupted RPM database. If so try Method #1 listed here: https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/rebuilding-corrup

Failed to start dnf makecache

2020-12-30 Thread Neal Becker
Any idea how to debug this? Dec 30 11:01:29 nbecker8 systemd[1]: Starting dnf makecache... Dec 30 11:01:29 nbecker8 dnf[1421142]: error: rpmdb: BDB0113 Thread/process 2496606/140314318812864 failed: BDB1507 Thread died in Berkeley DB library Dec 30 11:01:29 nbecker8 dnf[1421142]: error: db5 error

Re: dnf exclude option not working

2020-12-29 Thread Kostas Sfakiotakis
< snip > That is a fallacy. As soon as cpu-x would be installed again, the problem would return, since nothing has changed, and as long as the incompatible test update of libcpuid remains available, you cannot update that package since it would break dependencies. The way forward would be to

Re: dnf exclude option not working

2020-12-29 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 19:00:30 +0200, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: > [root@Orion ~]# dnf repoquery --whatrequires libcpuid > > Last metadata expiration check: 0:52:55 ago on Tue 29 Dec 2020 06:01:13 > PM EET. > cpu-x-0:4.0.1-5.fc33.x86_64 > i-nex-0:7.6.1-4.fc33.x86_64 > i-nex-

Re: dnf exclude option not working

2020-12-29 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 18:46:05 +0200, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: > root@Orion ~]# dnf repoquery --whatrequires cpu-x > > Last metadata expiration check: 0:07:22 ago on Tue 29 Dec 2020 06:01:13 > PM EET. > cpu-x-data-0:4.0.1-5.fc33.noarch That query isn't helpful, because it doesn'

Re: dnf exclude option not working

2020-12-29 Thread Kostas Sfakiotakis
The cpu-x package is installed already. You cannot exclude it. Erasing and reinstalling it would not avoid dependency breakage as long as the incompatible libcpuid pkg is offered in the repos. [root@Orion ~]# dnf repoquery --whatrequires libcpuid Last metadata expiration check: 0:52:55

Re: dnf exclude option not working

2020-12-29 Thread Kostas Sfakiotakis
< snip > Well that's the problem . I am not able to exclude cpu-x . No matter how i try to syntax the dnf command , cpu-x doesn't get excluded and the whole update fails . The only "solution" that comes to mind is delete the cpu-x package , perf

Re: dnf exclude option not working

2020-12-28 Thread Michael Schwendt
updates-testing repository offers an > > incompatible upgrade to libcpuid-0.5.0, which breaks existing > > dependencies. You may choose to ignore (= exclude) that package, > > and of course, you will not be able to install anything that strictly > > requires this newer but incompat

Re: dnf exclude option not working

2020-12-28 Thread Kostas Sfakiotakis
. I am not able to exclude cpu-x . No matter how i try to syntax the dnf command , cpu-x doesn't get excluded and the whole update fails . The only "solution" that comes to mind is delete the cpu-x package , perform the upgrades and then reinstall or abandon the cpu-x package for

Re: dnf exclude option not working

2020-12-28 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 19:57:05 +0200, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: > Error: >  Problem: problem with installed package cpu-x-4.0.1-5.fc33.x86_64 >   - cannot install the best update candidate for package > cpu-x-4.0.1-5.fc33.x86_64 >   - package cpu-x-4.0.1-5.fc33.x86_64 requires

Re: dnf exclude option not working

2020-12-28 Thread Kostas Sfakiotakis
With an exclude [root@f32k ~]# dnf check-update --exclude=firefox Last metadata expiration check: 2:22:01 ago on Mon 28 Dec 2020 07:08:30 PM CST. kernel.x86_64 5.9.16-100.fc32  updates kernel-core.x86_64 5.9.16-100.fc32  updates kernel-modules.x86_64

Re: dnf exclude option not working

2020-12-28 Thread Michael Schwendt
ption will not work as well ) ?? > >> > >> dnf upgrade  --best --allowerasing --exclude=cpu-x-4.0.1-5.fc33.x86_64 > > > > Have you tried just > > > > dnf upgrade  --best --allowerasing  --exclude=cpu-x > > Yes it will not work either . Also > >

Re: dnf exclude option not working

2020-12-28 Thread Ed Greshko
On 28/12/2020 20:07, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: Στις 28/12/20 2:36 π.μ., ο/η Ed Greshko έγραψε: On 28/12/2020 08:05, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: Can someone please tell me the correct syntax of the exclude option ( the -x option will not work as well ) ?? dnf upgrade  --best --allowerasing

Re: dnf exclude option not working

2020-12-28 Thread Kostas Sfakiotakis
Στις 28/12/20 2:36 π.μ., ο/η Ed Greshko έγραψε: On 28/12/2020 08:05, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: Can someone please tell me the correct syntax of the exclude option ( the -x option will not work as well ) ?? dnf upgrade  --best --allowerasing --exclude=cpu-x-4.0.1-5.fc33.x86_64 Have you

Re: dnf exclude option not working

2020-12-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 28/12/2020 08:05, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: Can someone please tell me the correct syntax of the exclude option ( the -x option will not work as well ) ?? dnf upgrade  --best --allowerasing --exclude=cpu-x-4.0.1-5.fc33.x86_64 Have you tried just dnf upgrade  --best --allowerasing

dnf exclude option not working

2020-12-27 Thread Kostas Sfakiotakis
Can someone please tell me the correct syntax of the exclude option ( the -x option will not work as well ) ?? dnf upgrade  --best --allowerasing  --exclude=cpu-x-4.0.1-5.fc33.x86_64 ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: F33 - KDE broken after dnf update

2020-12-16 Thread Sreyan Chakravarty
for all updates you'll need to put the > "exclude" statement in > /etc/dnf/dnf.conf > > man dnf.conf > You are not doing to believe this but after excluding the packages, the update does not give any errors upfront. There still are problems like the display server c

Re: F33 - KDE broken after dnf update

2020-12-16 Thread Ed Greshko
On 16/12/2020 17:22, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: Will it be excluded just for this update or will it be excluded for all future updates as well. Just the one update. If you want to exclude the packages for all updates you'll need to put the "exclude" statement in /etc/dnf/dnf

Re: F33 - KDE broken after dnf update

2020-12-16 Thread Sreyan Chakravarty
ilto:ed.gres...@greshko.com>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> In the bugzilla you wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> How reproducible: > >>>>>> Always when I update. > >&

Re: F33 - KDE broken after dnf update

2020-12-16 Thread Ed Greshko
: On Tue, 15 Dec 2020, 1:12 pm Ed Greshko, mailto:ed.gres...@greshko.com>> wrote: In the bugzilla you wrote: How reproducible: Always when I update. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open terminal. 2. sudo dnf update -y 3. Reboot. How many times have you att

Re: F33 - KDE broken after dnf update

2020-12-16 Thread Sreyan Chakravarty
y wrote: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020, 1:12 pm Ed Greshko, > >>> <mailto:ed.gres...@greshko.com>> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> In the bugzilla you wrote: > > >&

Re: F33 - KDE broken after dnf update

2020-12-16 Thread Sreyan Chakravarty
m Ed Greshko, >>> <mailto:ed.gres...@greshko.com>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> In the bugzilla you wrote: > >>> > >>> How reproducible: > >>> Always when I update. > >>> > >>

Re: F33 - KDE broken after dnf update

2020-12-15 Thread Ed Greshko
update.     Steps to Reproduce:     1. Open terminal.     2. sudo dnf update -y     3. Reboot.     How many times have you attempted the update?     I ask since I've looked over the list of packages updated and it seems I have all of those which are     related to plasma and have no tr

Re: F33 - KDE broken after dnf update

2020-12-15 Thread John Pilkington
  1. Open terminal.     2. sudo dnf update -y     3. Reboot.     How many times have you attempted the update?     I ask since I've looked over the list of packages updated and it seems I have all of those which are     related to plasma and have no troubles.  With multiple systems having bee

Re: F33 - KDE broken after dnf update

2020-12-15 Thread Sreyan Chakravarty
> > How reproducible: > > Always when I update. > > > > Steps to Reproduce: > > 1. Open terminal. > > 2. sudo dnf update -y > > 3. Reboot. > > > > How many times have you attempted the update? > > > >

Re: F33 - KDE broken after dnf update

2020-12-15 Thread Ed Greshko
On 15/12/2020 16:24, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: On Tue, 15 Dec 2020, 1:12 pm Ed Greshko, mailto:ed.gres...@greshko.com>> wrote: In the bugzilla you wrote: How reproducible: Always when I update. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open terminal. 2. sudo dnf update -y

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