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Existing YUM users are used to use 'yum' executable, manage '/etc/yum.conf' and read yum(8), yum-shell(8) and yum.conf(5) man pages. We should provide them compat symlinks so they can find everything in usual places. Here's my brief analysis on what needs to be done: Compat symlinks: /etc/yum -> dnf /etc/yum.conf -> dnf.conf /usr/bin/yum -> dnf /usr/share/doc/dnf -> yum /usr/share/man/man5/yum.conf.5 -> dnf.conf.5 /usr/share/man/man8/yum-shell.8 -> dnf-shell.8 /usr/share/man/man8/yum.8 -> dnf.8 Keep as it is: /etc/yum.repos.d ToDo: /etc/yum/vars Drop: /etc/logrotate.d/yum (obsolete) /etc/yum/* (covered as part of /etc/yum -> dnf symlink) /usr/lib/yum-plugins (API changes -> incompatible plugins; we don't want to support this location for any longer) /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/yum /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/yummain.py (bash completion replaced with DNF's) /var/cache/yum/* (cache, no need for a compat symlink) /var/lib/yum/* (data in incompatible format, we probably don't want this symlink either)
Do we really need /usr/share/doc/dnf -> yum ? With /etc/yum -> dnf we have to keep in mind that some packages add protected packages configuration in "/etc/yum/protected.d/*.conf". I also have to point out for /usr/share/man/man8/yum-shell.8 -> dnf-shell.8 that there is nothing like "dnf-shell.8*".
I create a patch, that provide most of requested features (https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/pull/938).
The issue is solved by dnf-3.0.1-1 that was released into rawhide.