Created attachment 1044073 [details] dnf failure log Description of problem: # dnf upgrade [b]\* tries to upgrade packages that are not installed. it looks like if you give a parameter to dnf, it chooses the wrong package set Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): # rpm -q dnf dnf-1.0.1-2.fc22.noarch How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1.as above 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: See attached log.
Additional info: the problem is not there if the parameter is clearly specified. For example, dnf upgrade dnf will work. But this will fail: # dnf upgrade dnf\* Last metadata expiration check performed 0:08:59 ago on Sun Jun 28 20:01:18 2015. Package dnf-automatic not installed, cannot update it. Dependencies resolved. Nothing to do. Complete! Hope this help nail down the root cause.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1234763 ***