F23: # dnf update dnf* rpm* ==> no repos configured

[Orion Poplawski]

On 09/23/2015 04:53 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Wed, 2015-09-23 at 18:42 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
>> Kevin Fenzi composed on 2015-09-23 16:28 (UTC-0600):
>>
>>> On Wed, 23 Sep 2015 18:15:59 -0400
>>
>>> Felix Miata wrote:
>>
>>>> # dnf update dnf* rpm*
>>>> ...
>>>> Complete!
>>
>>>> # dnf repolist all
>>>> #
>>
>>>> # dnf config-manager --set-disabled fedora updates updates-
>>>> testing
>>>> #
>>
>>>> # dnf repolist all
>>>> #
>>
>>>> :-(
>>
>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265336
>>
>>> Downgrade dnf manually for now. 
>>
>> Is the process as simple as dnf install --allowerasing dnf-1.1.1-
>> 2.fc23, or
>> are there lurking gotchas?
> 
> Yes, the lurking gotcha being 'dnf doesn't work' :)
> 
>>  I fetched the 1.1.1-2 rpm, tried to use rpm
>> --oldpackage, and got a complaint about missing python3-dnf.
>>
> Welcome back to 1996 ;) Yes, if you need to use rpm, you'll have to
> make sure all the dnf subpackages are in the same rpm transaction.
> 
> If you have yum-deprecated installed you should be able to downgrade
> dnf with that, I think.
> 

You can use dnf to downgrade dnf using local rpms, but you need several (dnf,
dnf-conf, python3-dnf, etc.).


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