Bug 1717429

Summary:	dnf install errors out when a non-existent package is provided together with existing ones
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	Daniel Mach <dmach>
Component:	dnf	Assignee:	Daniel Mach <dmach>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Eva Mrakova <emrakova>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:	Marie Hornickova <mdolezel>
Priority:	medium
Version:	8.1	CC:	james.antill, kwalker, lmanasko, mdomonko
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Triaged
Target Release:	8.0
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
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Doc Text:	.YUM v4 requires all packages specified with `yum install` to be available YUM v4 validates all arguments of the `yum install` command. Consequently, if any argument does not match an existing package, YUM v4 exits and does not install packages that match. This behavior differs from YUM v3 on RHEL 7 where the matching packages were installed in such situation. To work around the problem and make the matching packages installed, use the `--skip-broken` argument together with `yum install`. For more information, see link:https://access.redhat.com/solutions/4222871[Why does "yum install <package1> <package2>", where the "<package2>" identifier doesn't exist, cause the transaction to fail in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8?] Knowledgebase article.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2019-11-05 22:22:10 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Daniel Mach 2019-06-05 13:12:03 UTC

$ yum -y install vim blahblah

On RHEL7:
- installs vim
- informs about non-existing package blahblah

On RHEL8:
- errors out about non-existing package blahblah
- vim is not installed

The difference has to be fixed or documented.

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2019-11-05 22:22:10 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3583