Description of problem: Tring to keep kernel 5.15.18 in my system i've added this line in dnf.conf: exclude=kernel-5.15.18* kernel-core-5.15.18* kernel-devel-5.15.18* Still, dnf update removed the desired kernel from the system. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): dnf-4.12.0-1.fc36.noarch How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: dnf does not remove the excluded package. Additional info: I want that specific version to be excluded because newer kernel are affected by a bug.
Hello, the behavior of exclude is indeed strange for packages that are being removed. I suggest not to use exclude to protect packages from being removed. You can use dnf versionlock plugin (https://dnf-plugins-core.readthedocs.io/en/latest/versionlock.html) that is part of dnf-plugins-core and lock to a kernel-5.15.18 to forbid upgrades to newer versions. Another option is to use exclude for all kernels, but I think versionlock is better suited for your use case. --- As for the behavior of exclude: For packages that are not installonly, excluding the package that would be replaced by the upgrade works, but doesn't provide very good message: # dnf upgrade dnf --exclude dnf-4.11.1 Package dnf available, but not installed No match for argument: dnf Error: No packages marked for upgrade (With dnf-4.11.1-2.fc36 installed) But for installonly package, like kernel, it doesn't work unless all the installed kernels are excluded.
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