Description of problem: dnf5 swap dnf5 zsh refuses to swap the packages when dnf5-plugins is installed and provides confusing error message Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): dnf5-5.0.7-20230314005057.17.g160033cc.fc38.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. dnf5 -y install dnf5-plugins 2. dnf5 swap dnf5 zsh Actual results: # dnf5 swap dnf5 zsh Updating and loading repositories: Repositories loaded. Failed to resolve the transaction: Problem: problem with installed package - package dnf5-plugins-5.0.7-20230313005754.13.g8893b905.fc38.x86_64 requires dnf5(x86-64) = 5.0.7-20230313005754.13.g8893b905.fc38, but none of the providers can be installed - package dnf5-plugins-5.0.7-20230312010106.13.g8893b905.fc38.x86_64 requires dnf5(x86-64) = 5.0.7-20230312010106.13.g8893b905.fc38, but none of the providers can be installed - package dnf5-plugins-5.0.7-20230311005341.13.g8893b905.fc38.x86_64 requires dnf5(x86-64) = 5.0.7-20230311005341.13.g8893b905.fc38, but none of the providers can be installed - package dnf5-plugins-5.0.7-20230310010158.9.g69428251.fc38.x86_64 requires dnf5(x86-64) = 5.0.7-20230310010158.9.g69428251.fc38, but none of the providers can be installed - package dnf5-plugins-5.0.7-20230309010222.0.g13886935.fc38.x86_64 requires dnf5(x86-64) = 5.0.7-20230309010222.0.g13886935.fc38, but none of the providers can be installed - package dnf5-plugins-5.0.6-0.20230308010238.5.0.5+95.gd51637fd.fc38.x86_64 requires dnf5(x86-64) = 5.0.6-0.20230308010238.5.0.5+95.gd51637fd.fc38, but none of the providers can be installed - package dnf5-plugins-5.0.6-0.20230307010450.5.0.5+95.gd51637fd.fc38.x86_64 requires dnf5(x86-64) = 5.0.6-0.20230307010450.5.0.5+95.gd51637fd.fc38, but none of the providers can be installed - package dnf5-plugins-5.0.6-0.20230306010025.5.0.5+93.g2f198d77.fc38.x86_64 requires dnf5(x86-64) = 5.0.6-0.20230306010025.5.0.5+93.g2f198d77.fc38, but none of the providers can be installed - package dnf5-plugins-5.0.6-0.20230305010712.5.0.5+93.g2f198d77.fc38.x86_64 requires dnf5(x86-64) = 5.0.6-0.20230305010712.5.0.5+93.g2f198d77.fc38, but none of the providers can be installed - package dnf5-plugins-5.0.6-0.20230304005752.5.0.5+93.g2f198d77.fc38.x86_64 requires dnf5(x86-64) = 5.0.6-0.20230304005752.5.0.5+93.g2f198d77.fc38, but none of the providers can be installed - package dnf5-plugins-5.0.6-0.20230303025047.5.0.5+91.g09a7f0c7.fc38.x86_64 requires dnf5(x86-64) = 5.0.6-0.20230303025047.5.0.5+91.g09a7f0c7.fc38, but none of the providers can be installed - package dnf5-plugins-5.0.6-0.20230302010422.5.0.5+91.g09a7f0c7.fc38.x86_64 requires dnf5(x86-64) = 5.0.6-0.20230302010422.5.0.5+91.g09a7f0c7.fc38, but none of the providers can be installed - package dnf5-plugins-5.0.6-0.20230301010623.5.0.5+82.gc6a09ee9.fc38.x86_64 requires dnf5(x86-64) = 5.0.6-0.20230301010623.5.0.5+82.gc6a09ee9.fc38, but none of the providers can be installed - package dnf5-plugins-5.0.6-2.fc38.x86_64 requires dnf5(x86-64) = 5.0.6-2.fc38, but none of the providers can be installed - package dnf5-plugins-5.0.7-20230314005057.17.g160033cc.fc38.x86_64 requires dnf5(x86-64) = 5.0.7-20230314005057.17.g160033cc.fc38, but none of the providers can be installed - conflicting requests Expected results: packages are swapped Additional info: * when dnf5-plugins is not installed 'dnf5 swap dnf5 zsh' swaps the packages without any problems * 'dnf5 remove dnf5' works OK even when dnf5-plugins is installed
Actually here the behavior is exactly the same as with dnf4. ❯ dnf swap dnf5 acpi Last metadata expiration check: 1:44:50 ago on Po 20. března 2023, 14:30:34. Error: Problem: problem with installed package dnf5-plugins-5.0.7-20230313005754.13.g8893b905.fc37.x86_64 - package dnf5-plugins-5.0.7-20230320005934.38.gae642bd8.fc37.x86_64 requires dnf5(x86-64) = 5.0.7-20230320005934.38.gae642bd8.fc37, but none of the providers can be installed . . . What you need to do is add `--allowerasing` cmdline option (for both dnf4 and dnf5). But it would be nice if dnf5 could print a hint to the user.