On Jan 10 13:31, Ales Kozumplik wrote: > On 01/10/2014 10:46 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >Hi, > > > >On Jan 9 15:43, Ales Kozumplik wrote: > >>Hello, > >> > >>New DNF release is out. See the blog [1], the release notes [2] and > >>the F20 update [3]. Rawhide build went smooth this time too! > > > >I just had an interesting effect. I neglected to run `dnf install' as > >root, but instead ran it under my normal user account. dnf happily > >downloaded all files, then asked me to accept a PGP key, which > >understandably failed when trying to install the key. But even without > >the key problem, it would also have failed to install the rpms. > > > >So I'm wondering, why did it download the files anyway and then only > >failed afterwards, rather than to tell me "you must be root to install" > >right at the start? That would have been a bit more user friendly, > >I think. > > > > > >Thanks, > >Corinna > > > > Hi, > > you're running into another thing that we widely debated in the past: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038504 > > Short summary is: we are going to provide a plugin that does just > what you describe. Thanks for the URL. Is there some hope justified that the plugin will be enabled by default at one point? How did yum manage that without plugin? Thanks, Corinna -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
