Re: Why do I have 4 kernels when the install limit is 3 ?

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On 5/11/20 4:05 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 2020-05-12 04:33, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/11/20 1:03 PM, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote:

On 5/12/20 1:31 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
PackageKit uses dnf (or at least libdnf) to do the work.

And the mystery deepens...

Then why isn't it respecting my settings?

Just wait for the next kernel update and see what happens.

OK, are you ready for the "answer"?

I resurrected an F30 GNOME only VM.  I then used the GNOME System Upgrade Method to upgrade
to F32.

Before Upgrade

[egreshko@f30g ~]$ cat Before-Upgrade
kernel-5.5.8-100.fc30.x86_64
kernel-5.5.10-100.fc30.x86_64
kernel-5.6.8-100.fc30.x86_64

After Upgrade

[egreshko@f30g ~]$ cat After-Upgrade
kernel-5.5.8-100.fc30.x86_64
kernel-5.5.10-100.fc30.x86_64
kernel-5.6.8-100.fc30.x86_64
kernel-5.6.10-300.fc32.x86_64

So, we can see that the GNOME Method will leave an extra kernel, unlike using dnf system-upgrade.

Does that mean that PackageKit doesn't respect the install_only setting during a system upgrade? Sounds like a bug. I wonder if there are other settings it neglects then as well.
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