On Thu, 2017-08-24 at 09:03 +0100, Christopher Ross wrote:
On 23/08/17 14:27, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 08/23/2017 08:40 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
# dnf upgrade Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:00 ago on Wed Aug 23 04:43:05 2017. Dependencies resolved.
Problem: cannot install the best update candidate for package firefox-55.0.1-1.fc26.x86_64
- nothing provides nspr >= 4.16.0 needed by firefox-55.0.2-1.fc26.x86_64
nspr is still in updates-testing. If you want you can run "dnf --enablerepo updates-testing update firefox"
Thank you! I have just done that. Because dnf wasn't able to update Firefox to the best version it removed it instead! I assume this is a result of the combination --best --allowerasing which I generally use. I've never had it just remove things completely leaving no version installed though :(
That doesn't look right. AFAIK "--allowerasing" will delete a package that is blocking something else from updating, but not otherwise. It shouldn't remove a package just because it can't get the latest version.
poc