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Bug 1761518

Summary:	dnf.conf.Conf strict option is not honored
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Jiri Konecny <jkonecny>
Component:	dnf	Assignee:	Marek Blaha <mblaha>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	32	CC:	edgar.hoch, jmracek, jrohel, mblaha, mhatina, packaging-team-maint, pkratoch, rpm-software-management, vmukhame
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Last Closed:	2020-05-01 04:04:36 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Jiri Konecny 2019-10-14 14:50:03 UTC

Description of problem:

The `strict` configuration option should skip all packages with the conflicting content. This option works correctly if set by the `install_specs()` method but this value is also contained in the `dnf.conf.Conf` but it's ignored there. For our use-case it would be easier to just set the global configuration.

Please tell me if the global configuration should work or if I should use the `install_spec()` method instead.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
dnf-4.2.11-2.fc32

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
If you really need the reproducer please ask for it but in this case I think it will be much easier for you to create it than for me.

Actual results:
If the `dnf.conf.Conf.strict` option is set to False it will still abort the installation when conflicting packages are used.  

Expected results:
If the `dnf.conf.Conf.strict` option is set to True it should skip packages conflicting with other packages.

Additional info:
Based on the documentation this may not be supported because it's part of the Repo only configuration. However, this option is part of the global configuration already and second I think there is a use-case for the global settings.

Comment 1 Marek Blaha 2019-10-15 06:35:23 UTC

The documentation is wrong here - the `strict` option is the global one, not repo only. This will be fixed.

Is it possible for you to call the install_specs() with the `strict` argument correctly set from the configuration?
i.e.: base.install_specs(the_specs, strict=base.conf.strict)

Comment 2 Marek Blaha 2019-10-15 07:32:28 UTC

PR for the documentation change: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/pull/1502

Comment 3 Jiri Konecny 2019-10-15 11:14:15 UTC

Thanks for the documentation change.

Yes, it is possible to make a temporal workaround like that.

Comment 4 Marek Blaha 2019-10-16 08:39:40 UTC

I'm sorry but we can't do this change of the behaviour in the current version of the API. But we will keep it in mind for the future versions.

Comment 5 Ben Cotton 2020-02-11 17:51:22 UTC

This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 32 development cycle.
Changing version to 32.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2020-04-09 10:56:41 UTC

FEDORA-2020-68aa5586ed has been submitted as an update to Fedora 32. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-68aa5586ed

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2020-04-09 18:40:11 UTC

FEDORA-2020-68aa5586ed has been pushed to the Fedora 32 testing repository.
In short time you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2020-68aa5586ed`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-68aa5586ed

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2020-05-01 04:04:36 UTC

FEDORA-2020-68aa5586ed has been pushed to the Fedora 32 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.