On 27 May 2016 19:25, "Gerald B. Cox" <gbcox@bzb.us> wrote:
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> On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 11:15 AM, James Hogarth <james.hogarth@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On the bug you said a dnf reinstall ... that's not the best thing to do... you need to dnf mark installed as per the earlier comments on the bug
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> Wouldn't the reinstall accomplish that?  I agree, the solution in the release notes is concise, easy and quick - and the impact of having some extra
> packages on a system isn't that big of deal (at least not to me) - but if you reinstall, the package would be marked as user installed wouldn't it?
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I'm not entirely certain of the answer to that, though it should be quick to test when I get to a machine later.

But in terms of efficiencies reinstall does a full reinstall of the package, including download and and scripts. Doing mark installed just tells dnf what the world is meant to look like.