On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 7:26 PM Adam Williamson <adamw...@fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 2019-12-06 at 18:51 -0600, Richard Shaw wrote: > > After reading this thread I think this is a more serious problem than > just > > this package. I had "assumed" modules were just normal, so I didn't > > question them being installed. > > They are normal. You're not wrong. The problem is well understood at > this point: a module was given a stream default - meaning it becomes > the default source of packages it contains. That module includes > protobuf, meaning it takes over from the non-modular repo as the > default source of protobuf. The build of protobuf it contains was > missing some bits that other packages depend on, which broke those > packages. > I guess I should say that part of my problem is that: 1. I didn't ask for/want a module. 2. They aren't actually needed. After disabling them and reinstalling the programs I care about (or could have used distro-sync) they weren't actually needed. > I have not intentionally enabled/installed any modules but through regular > > updates I now have the following installed: > > Well, yes. That's what happens. If this didn't actually break anything > for you, you don't really need to panic, but if you want to sync with > the current state (where the module stream default has been removed at > least temporarily), just disable the modules that were enabled and then > run 'dnf distro-sync'. That should return you to the non-modular > builds. > I guess I understand some programs needed a specific/older version of something as a "good" reason to put something in a module, but I'm finding myself more a purest and I don't think we should have more than one source of "truth", or in this case, multiple ways to fulfill a dependency. Thanks, Richard
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