If I understand this change correctly, then: · Before: If one package update is uninstallable, then that package won't be updated, but other packages can still be updated. · After: If one package update is uninstallable, then *nothing* will be updated. And you call that an improvement? >Relevant excerpt from the updated `dnf.conf(5)`: ><pre> >best boolean >When upgrading a package, always try to install its highest version >available, even only to find out some of its deps are not satisfiable. >Enable this if you want to experience broken dependencies in the >repositories firsthand. The default is True. ></pre> "Best" is an absolutely terrible name for this option. By what definition is an unusable package "better" than a lower-numbered package that can actually be installed? >Right now, when DNF runs in `best=0` mode, if a package cannot be >upgraded due to dependency problems, it is skipped and a warning is >printed in the transaction summary table. However, this poses a risk >of important security fixes being overlooked by the user in case they >are broken for some reason, such as due to a repository >misconfiguration or inconsistency within the metadata itself. If there is a significant risk that the warning will be overlooked, then how about just making the warning more visible? >Moreover, since DNF always exits with the return code `0` (success) >when in `best=0` mode, this mode is especially risky in automated >scripts Would it not be possible to program DNF to update what can be updated and then return a nonzero exit code? Björn Persson
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