On Monday, March 04 2019, Miroslav Suchý wrote: > Dne 04. 03. 19 v 7:36 Richard W.M. Jones napsal(a): >> Why is the --setopt parameter needed? Couldn't that be based on >> $releasever? > > For the record - we are speaking about: > > --setopt=module_platform_id=platform:f30 > > I spoke to DNF team and: > > * there is no definition of platform_id > * while it seams that it can be constructed from $RELEASEVER, there is no guarantee that it will be this way in future > (even soft gurantee, i.e. there is no documentation) > * it is only defined that module_platform_id is derived from PLATFORM_ID from /etc/os-release > * that package we get only after upgrade > * but for the upgrade we need new PLATFORM_ID > * DNF cannot construct it, because the construction method is not defined > > ... and circle is closed. So yes, we need it until there will be documentation how to derive PLATFORM_ID of (next) release. FWIW, I was bit by this a few days ago: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1656509 The workaround is to use the --setopt option above. Thanks, -- Sergio GPG key ID: 237A 54B1 0287 28BF 00EF 31F4 D0EB 7628 65FC 5E36 Please send encrypted e-mail if possible http://sergiodj.net/ _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
