On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 5:39 AM, Corinna Vinschen <fedora@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jan 10 13:31, Ales Kozumplik wrote:Thanks for the URL. Is there some hope justified that the plugin will
> 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.
be enabled by default at one point? How did yum manage that without
plugin?
Thanks,
Corinna
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I think yum gets passed it by requiring the user to be root
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