On 2 Sep 2020 at 13:10, Ranjan Maitra wrote: Date sent: Wed, 2 Sep 2020 13:10:28 -0500 From: Ranjan Maitra <maitra@xxxxxxxxx> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: system-upgrade f31 to f32 on CLI fails Organization: Mailbox Ignored Send reply to: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 10:51:26 -0700 Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 9/2/20 9:56 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > $ sudo dnf distro-sync > > > Last metadata expiration check: 0:14:06 ago on Wed 02 Sep 2020 11:22:53 AM CDT. > > > Error: > > > Problem: The operation would result in removing the following protected packages: dnf, systemd, systemd-udev > > > (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages) > > > > Something seems to be really broken. > > > > Is that the entire output from dnf? > > Yes. > > > > > What happens if you try adding "--skip-broken"? > > Same result. > > > > > Have you installed any packages from outside Fedora's repos? > > I don't know the answer: a student who knows quite a bit about Fedora used to use it. But it has never been a problem to upgrade this machine > previously. > > Is there an obvious way to remove/figure out packages that are causing the problems? > > Many thanks, > Ranjan might want to try adding --allowerasing to the dnf upgrade option. I just upgraded some systems, and it seemed that fc31 had some newer versions of packages than the fc32, and they had to be downgraded for the update to go thru. You could run with the option, and see what it shows will be downgraded or removed. If it seems to still have issues, you can cancell the option. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor (Retired) mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxx mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +------------------------------------------------------------+ _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
