Bug 1321389

Summary:	"dnf install" does inappropriate upgrade
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Dave Close <dave.close>
Component:	dnf	Assignee:	rpm-software-management
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	unspecified
Version:	23	CC:	jmracek, jsilhan, mluscon, packaging-team-maint, pnemade, vmukhame
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Description Dave Close 2016-03-26 00:26:45 UTC

Description of problem:
Create a local version of a system component. In our case, kernel-local with a specific version number equal to the system kernel version at the time the local version was created. Install this kernel (from a local repo) with "dnf -y install kernel-local-$version". Works as expected. Later unintentionally repeat the same command, "dnf -y install kernel-local-$version". (Note, NOT "dnf -y upgrade kernel-local-$version"!) DNF does not report that the package is already installed. Instead, it performs an upgrade to the latest system kernel version. This is not what it was asked to do and causes unexpected difficulties.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Stock F23 for all packages except the local kernel.

How reproducible:
Every time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. As described above.
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Actual results:
Newer package installed.

Expected results:
Installation request refused as package is already installed.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Honza Silhan 2016-03-31 13:09:54 UTC

Right, it should skip that package as normal install for already installed non-installonly package.

Comment 2 Fedora Admin XMLRPC Client 2016-07-08 09:38:58 UTC

This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database.  Reassigning to the new owner of this component.

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Comment 4 Jaroslav Mracek 2016-12-02 14:25:31 UTC

The install command was refactored in dnf-2.0. It is available in Fedora rawhide (rc2 version) or from our testing repository in copr (dnf copr enable rpmsoftwaremanagement/dnf-nightly) for Fedora 24+. The mentioned version should solve the problem, but if not, please don't hesitate to reopen the bug report.