Bug 2400573
| Summary: | Protected packages can be removed via packagekit in Fedora 43 | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Joe Walker <joe.c.walker0> |
| Component: | PackageKit | Assignee: | Neal Gompa <ngompa13> |
| Status: | CLOSED DUPLICATE | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | unspecified | ||
| Version: | 43 | CC: | ales.astone, gnome-sig, kde-sig, kparal, ngompa13, rhughes, robatino |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Desktop |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | Unspecified | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Last Closed: | 2025-10-01 07:10:43 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Proposed as a Blocker for 43-final by Fedora user grumpey using the blocker tracking app because: Bug could result in the removal of protected packages and end users could end up with non-working systems as a result. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2400488 *** |
[grumpey@grumpey1 ~]$ pkcon remove gnome-shell Resolving [=========================] Testing changes [=========================] Finished [ ] (0%) The following packages have to be removed: gdm-1:49.0.1-6.fc43.x86_64 The GNOME Display Manager gnome-session-wayland-session-49.0-1.fc43.x86_64 Desktop file for wayland based gnome session gnome-shell-49.0-1.fc43.x86_64 Window management and application launching for GNOME gnome-shell-extension-gamemode-11.0-4.fc43.noarch GameMode integration for GNOME Shell Proceed with changes? [N/y] n The transaction did not proceed. [=========================] Fatal error: user declined simulation This functions correctly in F42. Ref: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/removing-cantarell-vf-fonts-from-store-cause-removing-gnome-shell-in-f43/166684 Upstream bug but I'm not sure it's applicable. https://github.com/PackageKit/PackageKit/issues/197 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.pkcon remove gnome-shell 2. 3. Actual Results: Observe attempted removal of gnome-shell Expected Results: Removal denied due to gnome-shell being a protected package.