1287091 – dnf remove removes essential packages

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Bug 1287091 - dnf remove removes essential packages

Summary: dnf remove removes essential packages

Keywords:
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 1259865
Alias:	None
Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	dnf
Sub Component:
Version:	23
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Priority:	unspecified
Severity:	medium
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Packaging Maintenance Team
QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+	depends on / blocked

Reported:	2015-12-01 13:45 UTC by Mark Caudill
Modified:	2015-12-01 22:58 UTC (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)
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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2015-12-01 22:58:02 UTC
Type:	Bug
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Description Mark Caudill 2015-12-01 13:45:26 UTC

Description of problem:

Performing a dnf remove will remove apparently essential packages as well.


How reproducible:

I've been able to reproduce this on two different installations of Fedora 23.


Steps to Reproduce:

1. dnf remove httpd


Actual results:

# dnf remove httpd
Dependencies resolved.
==================================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                        Arch                               Version                                     Repository                                    Size
==================================================================================================================================================================================
Removing:
 apr                                            x86_64                             1.5.2-2.fc23                                @koji-override-0                             234 k
 apr-util                                       x86_64                             1.5.4-2.fc23                                @koji-override-0                             196 k
 fedora-logos-httpd                             noarch                             22.0.0-2.fc23                               @koji-override-0                             4.6 k
 gnome-user-share                               x86_64                             3.18.0-1.fc23                               @koji-override-0                             360 k
 httpd                                          x86_64                             2.4.17-3.fc23                               @updates                                     5.9 M
 httpd-filesystem                               noarch                             2.4.17-3.fc23                               @updates                                     366
 httpd-tools                                    x86_64                             2.4.17-3.fc23                               @updates                                     177 k
 libidn                                         x86_64                             1.32-1.fc23                                 @koji-override-0                             671 k
 mod_dnssd                                      x86_64                             0.6-13.fc23                                 @koji-override-0                              53 k
 sqlite                                         x86_64                             3.9.0-1.fc23                                @updates                                     942 k

Transaction Summary
==================================================================================================================================================================================
Remove  10 Packages

Installed size: 8.5 M
Is this ok [y/N]: n
Operation aborted.


Expected results:

# dnf remove httpd
Dependencies resolved.
==================================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                        Arch                               Version                                     Repository                                    Size
==================================================================================================================================================================================
Removing:
 apr                                            x86_64                             1.5.2-2.fc23                                @koji-override-0                             234 k
 apr-util                                       x86_64                             1.5.4-2.fc23                                @koji-override-0                             196 k
 fedora-logos-httpd                             noarch                             22.0.0-2.fc23                               @koji-override-0                             4.6 k
 httpd                                          x86_64                             2.4.17-3.fc23                               @updates                                     5.9 M
 httpd-filesystem                               noarch                             2.4.17-3.fc23                               @updates                                     366
 httpd-tools                                    x86_64                             2.4.17-3.fc23                               @updates                                     177 k


Additional info:

# dnf repolist
Last metadata expiration check performed 0:11:32 ago on Tue Dec  1 08:31:19 2015.
repo id                                                                       repo name                                                                                     status
Dropbox                                                                       Dropbox Repository                                                                                 4
*fedora                                                                       Fedora 23 - x86_64                                                                            46,074
google-chrome                                                                 google-chrome                                                                                      3
rpmfusion-free                                                                RPM Fusion for Fedora 23 - Free                                                                  692
rpmfusion-free-updates-testing                                                RPM Fusion for Fedora 23 - Free - Test Updates                                                   230
rpmfusion-nonfree                                                             RPM Fusion for Fedora 23 - Nonfree                                                               206
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing                                             RPM Fusion for Fedora 23 - Nonfree - Test Updates                                                 64
*updates                                                                      Fedora 23 - x86_64 - Updates                                                                   6,204

Comment 1 Michal Luscon 2015-12-01 22:58:02 UTC

See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259865#c3

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1259865 ***

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