dnf-0.4.11

[Ales Kozumplik]

On 01/10/2014 10:46 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Jan  9 15:43, Ales Kozumplik wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> New DNF release is out. See the blog [1], the release notes [2] and
>> the F20 update [3]. Rawhide build went smooth this time too!
>
> I just had an interesting effect.  I neglected to run `dnf install' as
> root, but instead ran it under my normal user account.  dnf happily
> downloaded all files, then asked me to accept a PGP key, which
> understandably failed when trying to install the key.  But even without
> the key problem, it would also have failed to install the rpms.
>
> So I'm wondering, why did it download the files anyway and then only
> failed afterwards, rather than to tell me "you must be root to install"
> right at the start?  That would have been a bit more user friendly,
> I think.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Corinna
>

Hi,

you're running into another thing that we widely debated in the past:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038504

Short summary is: we are going to provide a plugin that does just what 
you describe.

Ales