testing dnf system-upgrade

Ed Greshko ed.greshko at greshko.com
Sun Nov 1 12:43:12 UTC 2015



On 11/01/15 19:33, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Nov 2015 16:49:59 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>
>> Going to test dnf system-upgrade from F22 to F23 but was confronted with
>> the message...
>>
>> Skipping packages with broken dependencies:
>>
>> And a list of packages from "fedora" and "updates" that were going to be
>> skipped.  None of them seemed would break the upgrade but I decided to
>> hold off and ask.
> What answer do you hope for?

Hoping for?  Not really hoping for any given answer.  Except that maybe
it is well known to testers that there are known issues prior to the
formal release.

> You've not shown the list of skipped packages.
Skipping packages with broken dependencies:
 PackageKit-cached-metadata     x86_64 1.0.10-1.fc23               
fedora   69 M
 boost-chrono                   x86_64 1.58.0-8.fc23               
fedora   53 k
 boost-date-time                x86_64 1.58.0-8.fc23               
fedora   59 k
 boost-filesystem               x86_64 1.58.0-8.fc23               
fedora   74 k
 boost-iostreams                x86_64 1.58.0-8.fc23               
fedora   68 k
 boost-regex                    x86_64 1.58.0-8.fc23               
fedora  297 k
 boost-system                   x86_64 1.58.0-8.fc23               
fedora   49 k
 boost-thread                   x86_64 1.58.0-8.fc23               
fedora   89 k
 cups-filters                   x86_64 1.0.75-1.fc23               
fedora  654 k
 cups-filters-libs              x86_64 1.0.75-1.fc23               
fedora  109 k
 enblend                        x86_64 4.1.3-7.fc23                
fedora  1.8 M
 exiv2-libs                     x86_64 0.25-1.fc23                 
fedora  1.5 M
 gnome-color-manager            x86_64 3.18.0-1.fc23               
fedora  1.5 M
 gwenview                       x86_64 15.04.2-3.fc23              
fedora  2.5 M
 gwenview-libs                  x86_64 15.04.2-3.fc23              
fedora  401 k
 hugin-base                     x86_64 2015.0.0-1.fc23             
fedora  6.2 M
 kde-baseapps                   x86_64 15.08.2-1.fc23              
updates  10 k
 kde-baseapps-common            noarch 15.08.2-1.fc23              
updates  27 k
 kde-runtime                    x86_64 15.08.2-1.fc23              
updates 5.6 M
 kde-runtime-flags              noarch 15.08.2-1.fc23              
updates 144 k
 kde-runtime-libs               x86_64 15.08.2-1.fc23              
updates 1.3 M
 kdepasswd                      x86_64 15.08.2-1.fc23              
updates 183 k
 kdepim-runtime                 x86_64 1:4.14.10-5.fc23            
fedora  3.4 M
 kdepim-runtime-libs            x86_64 1:4.14.10-5.fc23            
fedora  146 k
 kdialog                        x86_64 15.08.2-1.fc23              
updates  43 k
 keditbookmarks                 x86_64 15.08.2-1.fc23              
updates 106 k
 keditbookmarks-libs            x86_64 15.08.2-1.fc23              
updates  41 k
 kfilemetadata                  x86_64 4.14.3-4.fc23               
fedora  101 k
 kfind                          x86_64 15.08.2-1.fc23              
updates 107 k
 kio-extras                     x86_64 15.08.1-1.fc23              
fedora  523 k
 konqueror                      x86_64 15.08.2-1.fc23              
updates 2.1 M
 konqueror-libs                 x86_64 15.08.2-1.fc23              
updates  53 k
 libcmis                        x86_64 0.5.0-8.fc23                
fedora  552 k
 libgexiv2                      x86_64 0.10.3-4.fc23               
fedora   63 k
 libgit2                        x86_64 0.23.1-1.fc23               
fedora  414 k
 libkexiv2                      x86_64 15.04.2-3.fc23              
fedora  279 k
 libkmahjongg                   x86_64 15.08.1-1.fc23              
fedora  1.8 M
 libkolab                       x86_64 0.5.3-3.fc23                
fedora  297 k
 libkolabxml                    x86_64 1.0.3-4.fc23                
fedora  626 k
 libkonq                        x86_64 15.08.2-1.fc23              
updates 141 k
 liborcus                       x86_64 0.7.1-6.fc23                
fedora  266 k
 librados2                      x86_64 1:0.94.3-1.fc23             
fedora  1.7 M
 librbd1                        x86_64 1:0.94.3-1.fc23             
fedora  1.8 M
 libreoffice-calc               x86_64 1:5.0.3.1-1.fc23            
updates 8.6 M
 libreoffice-core               x86_64 1:5.0.3.1-1.fc23            
updates  74 M
 libreoffice-draw               x86_64 1:5.0.3.1-1.fc23            
updates 677 k
 libreoffice-emailmerge         x86_64 1:5.0.3.1-1.fc23            
updates  80 k
 libreoffice-filters            x86_64 1:5.0.3.1-1.fc23            
updates  66 k
 libreoffice-graphicfilter      x86_64 1:5.0.3.1-1.fc23            
updates 443 k
 libreoffice-impress            x86_64 1:5.0.3.1-1.fc23            
updates 1.3 M
 libreoffice-math               x86_64 1:5.0.3.1-1.fc23            
updates 1.0 M
 libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts   noarch 1:5.0.3.1-1.fc23            
updates 240 k
 libreoffice-pdfimport          x86_64 1:5.0.3.1-1.fc23            
updates 275 k
 libreoffice-pyuno              x86_64 1:5.0.3.1-1.fc23            
updates 511 k
 libreoffice-ure                x86_64 1:5.0.3.1-1.fc23            
updates 2.5 M
 libreoffice-writer             x86_64 1:5.0.3.1-1.fc23            
updates 4.2 M
 libreoffice-xsltfilter         x86_64 1:5.0.3.1-1.fc23            
updates 408 k
 libwps                         x86_64 0.4.2-1.fc23                
fedora  468 k
 policycoreutils-python         x86_64 2.4-14.fc23                 
fedora  399 k
 poppler                        x86_64 0.34.0-1.fc23               
fedora  797 k
 poppler-glib                   x86_64 0.34.0-1.fc23               
fedora  143 k
 poppler-qt                     x86_64 0.34.0-1.fc23               
fedora  173 k
 poppler-qt5                    x86_64 0.34.0-1.fc23               
fedora  171 k
 poppler-utils                  x86_64 0.34.0-1.fc23               
fedora  179 k
 strigi-libs                    x86_64 0.7.8-11.fc23               
fedora  454 k
 texlive-luatex-bin             x86_64 4:svn31084.0-14.20140525_r34255.fc23
                                                                   
fedora  1.7 M
 texlive-pdftex-bin             x86_64 4:svn30845.0-14.20140525_r34255.fc23
                                                                   
fedora  380 k

> You've not explained why you think they would not break the upgrade.

Skipping those don't look to be particularly harmful.
> Afterall, DNF has found a reason why to skip them. Hiding that reason
> is just not helpful.

Yes, it did. 
>
>> Is this expected at this point but will be ironed out by formal release
>> time?
> It would not surprise me, if there were typical upgrade path violations
> between F22 and F23. Or simply unresolvable dependencies, which nobody
> has noticed/fixed yet.

OK, you don't know either.

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