----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Fenzi" <kevin(a)scrye.com>
To: devel(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2015 5:01:45 PM
Subject: Re: dnf interactive config file updates
On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 15:45:41 +0100
"Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>
> I see that dnf has sprung apt-style configuration file messages:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> $ sudo dnf install mingw32-srvany
> Using metadata from Mon Apr 13 13:56:00 2015 (1:43:07 hours old)
> Package mingw32-srvany-1.0-15.20150115gitfd659e77.fc23.noarch is
> already installed, skipping. Dependencies resolved.
> Nothing to do.
> Configuration file '/etc/pam.d/fingerprint-auth'
> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 19 Feb 21
> 2012 /etc/pam.d/fingerprint-auth -> fingerprint-auth-ac -rw-r--r--. 1
> root root 701 May 9 2012 /etc/pam.d/fingerprint-auth.rpmnew
>
> ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
> What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
> Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
> N or O : keep your currently-installed version
> D : show the differences between the versions
> M : merge configuration files
> Z : background this process to examine the situation
> S : skip this file
> The default action is to keep your current version.
> *** aliases (Y/I/N/O/D/M/Z/S) [default=N] ?
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> In fact I _didn't_ change that file, so the message is wrong.
>
> I suspect we'll end up with Debian interactive installs, which as a
> Debian user I find to be a regression.
>
> - 'dnf -y install' doesn't suppress the message.
>
> - In fact you cannot even kill it with ^C. You have to killall -9
> dnf.
>
> This happens on dozens of file now, every time I use dnf. Make it go
> away!
I suspect this is caused by the 'rpmconf' plugin ?
Yes, correct.
sudo dnf remove python3-dnf-plugins-extras-rpmconf
I agree it's behavior isn't good there. Bug(s) filed?
Yes, please. Against the DNF's community plugins (dnf-plugins-extras), please.
And can you please also immediately file a Bugzilla (if it does not exist) next time you
hit a bug?
Thanks in advance
--
Radek HolĂ˝
Associate Software Engineer
Software Management Team
Red Hat Czech