A question, I found the following on
<http://akozumpl.github.io/dnf/cli_vs_yum.html>

"dnf erase kernel deletes all packages called kernel

In Yum, the running kernel is spared. There is no reason to keep this in
DNF, the user can always specify concrete versions on the command line,
e.g.:

dnf erase kernel-3.9.4"

So if I issue 'dnf erase kernel' all kernels will be removed, and I have
no kernel anymore? Is that really a good thing? Should we not spare the
running kernel? Or is there some rationale behind this that I am missing?

Lars

Hi Lars,

yes that's the idea. In practice however, a user doesn't type 'dnf erase -y kernel' by accident and we don't feel the need to protect users who really know what they are doing from doing so. It's the same situation as 'rm -rf /boot' or 'rpm -e --allmatches kernel'. Of course, people are welcome to write specific plugins to achieve something similar to what Yum used to do.

Ales
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