On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 12:41:42 -0400 Russell Doty <rdoty@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Note that the original poster says that he runs dnf -update from the > command line because it allows him to do what he wants. > > Based on the information discussed in this thread, shouldn't dnf also > force a reboot before updates? Well, it's different historical behavior/tradeoffs. dnf assumes you will reboot as you need to / restart apps that need restarting. > We have an observed difference between what is permitted in the cli > tool and what is permitted in the gui tool. Why this difference? History and tradeoffs. dnf (and yum before it) have always applied updates when you asked without a reboot, and they have decided that the problems with doing so are acceptable. I'd personally be against changing this behavior now, but it might be nice to add a way to opt in with dnf... ie, a 'dnf update --offline' or something to apply the updates the way that gnome-software does for those that want that. kevin
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