dnf replacing yum and dnf-yum

Michael Schroeder mls at suse.de
Fri Apr 10 12:03:07 UTC 2015


On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 01:54:12PM +0200, Vít Ondruch wrote:
> So check-update might be useful for some script, but it is not useful
> command for common user. Not mentioning that man page basically says:
> "Please  note  that  having a specific newer version available for an
> installed package (and reported by check-update) does not imply that
> subsequent dnf upgrade will install it. The difference is that dnf
> upgrade must also ensure the satisfiability of all dependencies and
> other restrictions". In other words, it says it is more or less
> unreliable command.

If you want to reliable force an update to the newest packages,
use 'dnf upgrade --best'.

Cheers,
  Michael.

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