Bug 1128404

Summary:	Yum groups not working as expected
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Aniruddha <mailingdotlist>
Component:	yum	Assignee:	Packaging Maintenance Team <packaging-team-maint>
Status:	CLOSED EOL	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	20	CC:	admiller, packaging-team-maint
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Description Aniruddha 2014-08-10 06:41:34 UTC

I've encountered two problems with yum groups:

1 After a standard installation you can't remove the GNOME Desktop group (or KDE Plasma Workspaces if you have kde installed during installation).

2 Groups are not behaving consistently, for example  I can't remove gnome after installing it. Group unmark only removes the group from the installed list.

$ yum -v grouplist
Not loading "blacklist" plugin, as it is disabled
Loading "langpacks" plugin
Loading "refresh-packagekit" plugin
Loading "remove-with-leaves" plugin
Not loading "whiteout" plugin, as it is disabled
Adding en_US to language list
Adding  to language list
Config time: 0.014
Adding en_US to language list
Yum version: 3.4.3
Setting up Package Sacks
pkgsack time: 0.019
group time: 0.243
Installed environment groups:
   GNOME Desktop (gnome-desktop-environment)
   KDE Plasma Workspaces (kde-desktop-environment)
   Basic Desktop (basic-desktop-environment)

$ sudo yum groupremove "GNOME Desktop"
Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit, remove-with-leaves
No group named GNOME Desktop exists
Maybe run: yum groups mark remove (see man yum)
No packages to remove from groups

$ sudo yum groupremove gnome-desktop-environment
Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit, remove-with-leaves
No group named gnome-desktop-environment exists
Maybe run: yum groups mark remove (see man yum)
No packages to remove from groups

$ sudo yum group mark remove "GNOME Desktop"
Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit, remove-with-leaves
Marked remove: GNOME Desktop

$ sudo yum update
Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit, remove-with-leaves
No packages marked for update

$ sudo yum upgrade
Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit, remove-with-leaves
No packages marked for update

$ sudo yum group update
Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit, remove-with-leaves
Maybe run: yum groups mark install (see man yum)
No packages in any requested group available to install or update

$ yum -v grouplist                              
Not loading "blacklist" plugin, as it is disabled
Loading "langpacks" plugin
Loading "refresh-packagekit" plugin
Loading "remove-with-leaves" plugin
Not loading "whiteout" plugin, as it is disabled
Adding en_US to language list
Adding  to language list
Config time: 0.015
Adding en_US to language list
Yum version: 3.4.3
Setting up Package Sacks
pkgsack time: 0.023
group time: 0.267
Installed environment groups:
   KDE Plasma Workspaces (kde-desktop-environment)
   Basic Desktop (basic-desktop-environment)
Available environment groups:
   GNOME Desktop (gnome-desktop-environment)

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