Bug 1365593

Summary:	dnf: misleading error message when trying to "upgrade" src.rpm
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek>
Component:	dnf	Assignee:	Štěpán Smetana <ssmetana>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	rawhide	CC:	jsilhan, mluscon, packaging-team-maint, pnemade, rpm-software-management, vmukhame
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Description Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek 2016-08-09 15:51:20 UTC

Description of problem:
I was installing some rpms using a wildcard, and saw the message
"Package … not installed, cannot update it.", even though the package
was clearly present. It is because dnf warns about the source package
without giving any hint that it is a source package.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
dnf-1.1.9-2.fc24.noarch

Actual results:
$ sudo dnf upgrade /var/lib/mock/fedora-24-x86_64/result/systemd-229-11.fc24.src.rpm
Package systemd not installed, cannot update it.

Expected results:
$ sudo dnf upgrade /var/lib/mock/fedora-24-x86_64/result/systemd-229-11.fc24.src.rpm
Package /var/lib/mock/fedora-24-x86_64/result/systemd-229-11.fc24.src.rpm is a source package and cannot be updated, ignoring.

Comment 1 Igor Gnatenko 2016-08-09 17:06:16 UTC

totally agree

Comment 2 Štěpán Smetana 2016-08-11 16:05:03 UTC

Created PR: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/pull/560