Bug 1160659

Summary:	Confusing error when upgrading from f19 to f21
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad>
Component:	dnf	Assignee:	Packaging Maintenance Team <packaging-team-maint>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	21	CC:	akozumpl, jsilhan, mluscon, packaging-team-maint, pnemade, rholy, tim.lauridsen
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Description Jaroslav Škarvada 2014-11-05 10:39:53 UTC

Description of problem:
I upgraded one machine from f19 to f21 using [1] and substituted dnf for the yum. Then running:

# dnf install system-release-workstation
Error: package generic-release-workstation-21-7.noarch requires generic-release = 21-7, but none of the providers can be installed

Yum output is much more helpful:
# yum install system-release-workstation
...
Error: fedora-release-workstation conflicts with fedora-relase-server-21.0.16.noarch
Error: fedora-release-server conflicts with fedora-release-worsktation-21-0.16.noarch

By still not being optimal the yum output lead me easily to conclusion that I have to do:
yum swap system-release-server system-release-workstation

which worked correctly.

[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
dnf-0.6.2-1.fc21.noarch

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Upgrade f19 to f21 by using dnf (there is very probably more simple reproducer)
2. dnf install system-release-workstation

Actual results:
Cryptic error message

Expected results:
Something that will guide user that she/he needs to swap system-release-server to system-release-workstation, at least something similar to the yum output.

Comment 1 Honza Silhan 2014-11-10 13:17:23 UTC

Hi Jaroslav, "dnf install system-release-workstation --allowerasing" should work.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1148630 ***