Re: Removing old kernels attempts to remove more than kernels...

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On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 08:15:45PM +0000, George R Goffe via users wrote:
> problem. I once tried this kind of thing and dnf came back with > 800
> (maybe 1400) packages to remove... including rpm and dnf et. al.... NOT
> GOOD. It's good that dnf asks if it's ok to proceed. Whew. Bullet dodged.

I'm not sayin' it's good, but DNF's "protected packagess" feature will
protect you in this case. It won't even let you do it if you accidentally
say yes to that confirmation prompt (or provide -y). Like this:

$ sudo dnf -y remove dnf
Error: 
  Problem: The operation would result in removing the following protected packages: dnf

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Matthew Miller
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