Everyone:
The reform of dnfdragora to put all available updates into groups is not updating everything, and not updating many things it used to update without fail.
The only reliable thing my system will update, are applications and various desktop relevant things. And not all applications, either.
Basically, if it is not in a group, dnfdragora will not update it and I have to fall back on the traditional Software Management application to do these updates.
The following packages typically fail of update and even of selection on dnfdragora:
* The kernel and related packages.
* Browsers other than Firefox.
* Application packages from repositories foreign to the Fedora community, such as "bunkus.org" (mkvtoolsnix), google (for chrome), and Adobe Systems Incorporated.
* System packages that run background processes that normally load themselves at startup and stay resident.
I've checked for all possible settings I can make to solve this problem. No joy.
I've tried refreshing metadata (which, by the way, takes fifteen minutes every time). No joy.
I tried selecting "not showing the groups." No joy.
Suggestions?
Have any of you noticed the same issue?
My desktop is KDE.
"Check for updates" counts all packages that need an update. But again: if they're not in a group, they're not available for a selection.
(Note: if you're going to tell me to report this as a bug, I need to know exactly where and how. I've filed bugs in the wrong place and they get no action.)
Temlakos
On 2020-08-29 21:24, Temlakos wrote:
The reform of dnfdragora to put all available updates into groups is not updating everything, and not updating many things it used to update without fail.
On the leftmost drop-down box, toggle it from "Groups" to "All".
On 8/29/20 6:33 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 2020-08-29 21:24, Temlakos wrote:
The reform of dnfdragora to put all available updates into groups is not updating everything, and not updating many things it used to update without fail.
On the leftmost drop-down box, toggle it from "Groups" to "All".
This morning when I tried to load the dnfdragora updater, the "toggle" button labeled "Groups" was grayed out. I could not change the view from "Groups" to "All" or anything.
So I fell back on the native KDE software manager and accomplished all my needed updates that way.
What next?
Temlakos
On 2020-09-02 04:10, Temlakos wrote:
On 8/29/20 6:33 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 2020-08-29 21:24, Temlakos wrote:
The reform of dnfdragora to put all available updates into groups is not updating everything, and not updating many things it used to update without fail.
On the leftmost drop-down box, toggle it from "Groups" to "All".
This morning when I tried to load the dnfdragora updater, the "toggle" button labeled "Groups" was grayed out. I could not change the view from "Groups" to "All" or anything.
So I fell back on the native KDE software manager and accomplished all my needed updates that way.
What next?
Delete the file...
~/.config/dnfdragora.yaml
On 9/1/20 6:55 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 2020-09-02 04:10, Temlakos wrote:
On 8/29/20 6:33 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 2020-08-29 21:24, Temlakos wrote:
The reform of dnfdragora to put all available updates into groups is not updating everything, and not updating many things it used to update without fail.
On the leftmost drop-down box, toggle it from "Groups" to "All".
This morning when I tried to load the dnfdragora updater, the "toggle" button labeled "Groups" was grayed out. I could not change the view from "Groups" to "All" or anything.
So I fell back on the native KDE software manager and accomplished all my needed updates that way.
What next?
Delete the file...
~/.config/dnfdragora.yaml
No joy. Same result. Had to fall back on basic KDE updater to get all the updates available. Grayed-out Groups button, and dnfdragora shows "Empty" when it's not empty, or shouldn't be.
Temlakos
On 9/1/20 7:25 PM, Temlakos wrote:
On 9/1/20 6:55 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 2020-09-02 04:10, Temlakos wrote:
On 8/29/20 6:33 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 2020-08-29 21:24, Temlakos wrote:
The reform of dnfdragora to put all available updates into groups is not updating everything, and not updating many things it used to update without fail.
On the leftmost drop-down box, toggle it from "Groups" to "All".
This morning when I tried to load the dnfdragora updater, the "toggle" button labeled "Groups" was grayed out. I could not change the view from "Groups" to "All" or anything.
So I fell back on the native KDE software manager and accomplished all my needed updates that way.
What next?
Delete the file...
~/.config/dnfdragora.yaml
No joy. Same result. Had to fall back on basic KDE updater to get all the updates available. Grayed-out Groups button, and dnfdragora shows "Empty" when it's not empty, or shouldn't be.
Temlakos
Finally I solved the problem.
I had been using the "Update" option for dnfdragora's GUI. And that grayed out the Groups/All toggle and the "To update/All/Installed" option selector.
So I finally opened dnfdragora from the Applications menu (Administration sub-menu) with the generic, "just see what's in there" options.
Those selectors then became active, and I was able to set the left-hand button from "Groups" to "All." And accomplished one update that had been waiting.
Unfortunately the "Update" option will always pre-select Groups and have the selector grayed out. But the "Open dnfdragora dialog" option will allow me to make any selection I need.
A bit of a counterintuitive solution, but it is a solution.
Temlakos
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