dnf-0.4.11

[Richard Vickery]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 5:39 AM, Corinna Vinschen <fedora at cygwin.de> wrote:

> On Jan 10 13:31, Ales Kozumplik wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Thanks for the URL.  Is there some hope justified that the plugin will
> be enabled by default at one point?  How did yum manage that without
> plugin?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Corinna
> --
>
I think yum gets passed it by requiring the user to be root
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