Bug 1934499

Summary:	dnf autoremove wants to remove "kernel-modules-extra" if you have a rawhide kernel installed
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	Jaroslav Mracek <jmracek>
Component:	dnf	Assignee:	Jaroslav Mracek <jmracek>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Jan Blazek <jblazek>
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Priority:	high
Version:	8.4	CC:	dstreit, james.antill, mblaha, pkratoch
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Description Jaroslav Mracek 2021-03-03 11:24:09 UTC

This bug was initially created as a copy of Bug #1921063

I am copying this bug because: 



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If you have a rawhide kernel installed (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RawhideKernelNodebug) and try to run "sudo dnf autoremove" it wants to remove all "kernel-modules-extra" packages. 

Reproducible: Happens sometimes, but not always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install a rawhide kernel:
"sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/rawhide-kernel-nodebug/fedora-rawhide-kernel-nodebug.repo"

"sudo dnf update"

2. Try to run "sudo dnf autoremove"
3. See that dnf prompts you to remove all "kernel-modules-extra" packages that are installed

Actual Results:  
If you press "y" it removes all the "kernel-modules-extra" packages. 

Expected Results:  
dnf autoremove shouldn't have detected the "kernel-modules-extra" packages. 

I have tested this on my own machine and inside a VM. Both had the same issue.

Comment 1 Jaroslav Mracek 2021-03-03 11:30:46 UTC

I created patches that helps with the problem (https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/pull/1728, https://github.com/rpm-software-management/libdnf/pull/1141). It prevents reason change from unknown to dependency, therefore the issue with autoremove will disappear. But there is still a problem with change from user to unknown.

Tests:  https://github.com/rpm-software-management/ci-dnf-stack/pull/958

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-09 19:52:36 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 (Moderate: dnf security and bug fix update), 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-2021:4464