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Bug 1961083 - Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in repo config files
Summary: Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in repo config files
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Status: POST
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: dnf
Version: 34
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Marek Blaha
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Reported: 2021-05-17 08:00 UTC by Jan Vlug
Modified: 2021-06-17 12:48 UTC (History)
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Description Jan Vlug 2021-05-17 08:00:39 UTC 
Description of problem:
Since my last dnf update, I get these warnings when running dnf commands:

Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-modular.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-modular.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-modular.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates-modular.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates-modular.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates-modular.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist

Version: dnf.noarch 4.7.0-1.fc34
Comment 1 Marek Blaha 2021-05-18 06:29:00 UTC 
Hi, the `failovermethod` option is not supported by dnf. The option was already removed from the distribution versions of repository config files (package fedora-repos) quite long ago. Please remove the `failovermethod=priority` lines from your `/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora*.repo` files.

But the error message really is misleading and I'll try to improve / hide it. Thanks for reporting this.
Comment 2 Jan Vlug 2021-05-18 06:42:26 UTC 
Thanks for you reply Marek, I have been upgrading Fedora since long, so it is very likely a leftover from past Fedora releases.
Comment 3 Marek Blaha 2021-06-17 08:40:14 UTC 
This PR removes the misleading error message from the console: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/libdnf/pull/1276
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