(I'm filing issues with all the packages that currently depend on `dnf`.) DNF 5 is a new package manager that will replace DNF 4 in Fedora 39+: Starting in Fedora 39, the `dnf` command will be provided by the `dnf5` package rather than the `dnf` package, and `dnf5` will obsolete `dnf`. Since lpf currently depends on DNF 4, it should choose one of the following strategies to avoid breaking the Fedora upgrade: - Add support for DNF 5, and depend on the `dnf5` package in Fedora 39+ instead of `dnf`. The command-line interface isn't changing a whole lot between DNF 4 and DNF 5, so in lpf's case, this option may not be too difficult. Builds of DNF 5 are available in this COPR repository: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/rpmsoftwaremanagement/dnf5-unstable/, and documentation is available here: https://dnf5.readthedocs.io/en/latest/. - Alternatively, or in the meantime, change the lpf package to depend on `python3-dnf` instead of `dnf`, and call the `dnf-3` binary instead of `dnf`. The old DNF 4 command will still be available in the distribution, but only as `dnf-3` (the binary is called `dnf-3` rather than `dnf4` for historical reasons; it is the "Python 3 version" of DNF). The first option is preferred to this one; it is not recommended to modify installed software using both DNF 4 and DNF 5 on the same system. - Or, if this package is no longer being maintained, consider removing it from Fedora. At some point, this project should adopt DNF 5, but the immediate issue is removing the dependency on `dnf`. We are planning to replace DNF with DNF5 in Fedora Rawhide very soon, by 2023-06-01, and the lpf package will break as long as it still depends on the `dnf` package. For more information about the switch to DNF 5, see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/ReplaceDnfWithDnf5. Reproducible: Always
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora Linux 39 development cycle. Changing version to 39.
Hi, as you may be aware, the switch to DNF 5 has been postponed, likely to Fedora 41. In Fedora 39, the `dnf` command will be provided by the `dnf` package, and DNF 5 will not be installed by default. Since no action will be required for a while, I am closing this ticket. In the meantime, we have set up a testing [COPR repository](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/rpmsoftwaremanagement/dnf5-testing/) that provides a version of DNF 5 that obsoletes DNF 4. It can be used to test software in an environment similar to the future release of Fedora (whichever that will be) when DNF 5 replaces DNF 4: ``` sudo dnf-3 copr enable rpmsoftwaremanagement/dnf5-testing ``` Enabling the COPR and upgrading your system should replace DNF 4 (the `dnf` package) with DNF 5 (`dnf5`), and `/usr/bin/dnf` will be DNF 5.