Bug 1535458

Summary:	"dnf autoremove" removed grub2-pc, which is needed for kernel-core to update /etc/.grub2/grub.cfg
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Russell Odom <russ+bugzilla-redhat>
Component:	grub2	Assignee:	Peter Jones <pjones>
Status:	CLOSED EOL	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	27	CC:	airlied, ajax, bskeggs, devin, ewk, hdegoede, ichavero, itamar, jarodwilson, jglisse, john.j5live, jonathan, josef, kernel-maint, labbott, linville, lkundrak, mchehab, mjg59, pjones, ppywlkiqletw, steved
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Description Russell Odom 2018-01-17 12:33:28 UTC

Description of problem:
As per bug 1497444 comment 7 and bug 1497444 comment 17, it appears the grub2-pc package can be removed as nothing depends on it (e.g. with "dnf autoremove"). This appears to prevent menu entries for subsequent kernel installs being added to /etc/grub2/grub.cfg (on installation of kernel-core).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Not sure which packages are relevant, but here's a few...
grub2-common-2.02-19.fc27.noarch
grub2-pc-2.02-19.fc27.x86_64
grub2-pc-modules-2.02-19.fc27.noarch
grub2-tools-2.02-19.fc27.x86_64
grub2-tools-extra-2.02-19.fc27.x86_64
grub2-tools-minimal-2.02-19.fc27.x86_64
kernel-core-4.14.11-300.fc27.x86_64
kernel-core-4.14.13-300.fc27.x86_64
kernel-core-4.14.3-300.fc27.x86_64

How reproducible:
Haven't attempted to reproduce. 2 reports (including mine) in bug 1497444 though.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Remove grub2-pc
2. Install a new kernel

Actual results:
/etc/grub2/grub.cfg is not updated

Expected results:
/etc/grub2/grub.cfg should be updated with menu entry for new kernel

Additional info:
Presumably grub2-pc (or grub2-pc-modules or grub2-tools-extra, which were also put back when I installed grub2-pc) should be made a dependency of kernel-core packages.

Comment 1 Laura Abbott 2018-01-17 17:28:16 UTC

I think this needs to be handled by grub, not the kernel

Comment 2 Villy Kruse 2018-07-02 04:54:47 UTC

I would prefer that anaconda would mark all installed packages user-installed, thus immune to autoremove.  grub2-pc is not the only one in danger to be autoremoved.

Comment 3 Ben Cotton 2018-11-27 15:03:42 UTC

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Comment 4 Ben Cotton 2018-11-30 22:06:34 UTC

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