On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 2:33 AM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl(a)thelounge.net> wrote:
>>> Also, even removing every kernel RPM will not render your
system
>>> "non-recoverable". You can always use a boot CD, and in modern
Fedora
>>> systems, the "rescue" kernel/initramfs are never removed (not owned
by
>>> any RPM), so you should always be able to boot that
>>
>> you can do that, i can do that
>> the ordianry user - i doubt
>
> The "ordinary user" won't do "yum erase kernel" either, so
that's moot
and *why* does it help *you* no longer support the long years existing behavior?
I am not involved in dnf development at all but maybe they want to
have a clean code base without any hacks like this one?
And just because something existed for years does not mean it has to
be there forever (this one wasn't even documented at all).
only because you did not know that it works instead put all kernels
to uninstall explicit in the command line? have fun if you maintain
more than 20 machines mixed of testing and production and after
a few days you want them all at the same package level - currently
it is one single command with zero danger
package-cleanup --oldkernels --count 1
does the same for you.