Hi,
well I don't know what's in Fedora repositories WRT nodejs, but nodejs
from nodejs22 src rpm tries to be there first,
I assume the following is the correct transaction result?
~~~
$ dnf install nodejs --disablerepo="rawhide"
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Package Arch Version Repository Size
Installing:
nodejs noarch 3:22-1.fc44
copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:jstanek:nodejs22-bin 0.0 B
Installing dependencies:
nodejs22 x86_64 1:22.21.1-6.fc44
copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:jstanek:nodejs22-bin 161.5 KiB
nodejs22-libs x86_64 1:22.21.1-6.fc44
copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:jstanek:nodejs22-bin 78.1 MiB
nodejs22-npm x86_64 1:10.9.4-1.22.21.1.6.fc44
copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:jstanek:nodejs22-bin 8.8 MiB
Installing weak dependencies:
nodejs-npm noarch 3:22-1.fc44
copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:jstanek:nodejs22-bin 0.0 B
nodejs22-docs noarch 1:22.21.1-6.fc44
copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:jstanek:nodejs22-bin 97.4 MiB
nodejs22-full-i18n x86_64 1:22.21.1-6.fc44
copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:jstanek:nodejs22-bin 30.4 MiB
Transaction Summary:
Installing: 7 packages
~~~
All repos provides:
~~~
$ dnf repoquery --whatprovides nodejs
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
nodejs-1:22.21.1-3.fc44.i686
nodejs-1:22.21.1-3.fc44.x86_64
nodejs-3:22-1.fc44.noarch
~~~
As to why this is happening, I have my guesses, but DNF folks can answer
better.
One suggestion to try would be to try to ignore Epoch, whether the
situation gets better. e.g. use ENVR for the metapackage: `1:22.21.1-8`
(bumped release should do it to sort higher anyway).
If we ignore epochs, the nodejs22 is sorted higher:
~~~
$ rpmdev-vercmp 22-1.fc44 22.21.1-3.fc44
22-1.fc44 < 22.21.1-3.fc44
~~~
bumping release on left side does not help.
~~~
$ rpmdev-vercmp 22-4.fc44 22.21.1-3.fc44
22-4.fc44 < 22.21.1-3.fc44
~~~
Of course with epochs, left side (3:22) is sorted higher.
I have a suspicion this is part of the issue.
What I guess is happening is that Epoch might be getting ignored by DNF
and it going in an order of Repo,
since it is in the testcase.t in this order:
~~~
repo @System -99.-1000 testtags @System.repo.gz
repo rawhide -99.-1000 testtags rawhide.repo.gz
repo fedora-cisco-openh264 -99.-1000 testtags fedora-cisco-openh264.repo.gz
repo copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:jstanek:nodejs22-bin -99.-1000
testtags copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:jstanek:nodejs22-bin.repo.gz
~~~
Here it's hard to even guess.
I mean how does this (line from `debugdata/packages/testcase.t` from
`dnf install --debugsolver nodejs`):
~~~
job install oneof nodejs-1:22.21.1-3.fc44.i686@rawhide
nodejs-1:22.21.1-3.fc44.x86_64@rawhide
nodejs-3:22-1.fc44.noarch@copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:jstanek:nodejs22-bin
nodejs22-1:22.21.1-6.fc44.x86_64@copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:jstanek:nodejs22-bin
[setevr,setarch]
~~~
result in DNF preference of 1:22 when there is 3:22?
Hope it helps in pinning this down better,
Jarek
On 12/4/25 12:33 PM, Jan Stanek wrote:
Hi all,
in the process of polishing the upgrade path
for the nodejs metapackage proposal [1],
I've created a COPR [2] to ensure we can cleanly upgrade
from the current nodejs packages (that currently ship NodeJS v22.x)
to the versioned package names (nodejs22) and meta-package (nodejs) combination.
However, dnf keeps behaving differently than I would expect,
and I'm at the end of ideas of what might be wrong.
What I would expect: `dnf install nodejs` will select nodejs metapackage
for install, which pulls nodejs22 as a dependency.
What happens: `dnf install nodejs` installs nodejs22 directly.
Can any dnf/libsolv guru take a look at the COPR and spec files included
and let me know if I'm doing something obviously wrong and thus
confusing dnf, or otherwise explain what is happening?
Thanks in advance!
[1]: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/NodeJSMetapackages
[2]: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/jstanek/nodejs22-bin/
---
Some logs from the current state of the COPR:
```
# dnf --repo=copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:jstanek:nodejs22-bin
repoquery --whatprovides nodejs
nodejs-3:22-1.fc44.noarch
# dnf --repo=copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:jstanek:nodejs22-bin
repoquery --whatobsoletes nodejs
nodejs22-1:22.21.1-6.fc44.x86_64
# dnf repoquery --whatprovides nodejs # includes current rawhide
nodejs-1:22.21.1-3.fc44.i686
nodejs-1:22.21.1-3.fc44.x86_64
nodejs-3:22-1.fc44.noarch
# dnf install nodejs
Package Arch Version Repository
Size
Installing:
nodejs22 x86_64 1:22.21.1-6.fc44
copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:jstanek:nodejs22-bin 161.5 KiB
Installing dependencies:
c-ares x86_64 0:1.34.5-2.fc43 rawhide
269.1 KiB
libuv x86_64 1:1.51.0-2.fc43 rawhide
570.2 KiB
nodejs22-libs x86_64 1:22.21.1-6.fc44
copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:jstanek:nodejs22-bin 78.1 MiB
Installing weak dependencies:
nodejs22-docs noarch 1:22.21.1-6.fc44
copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:jstanek:nodejs22-bin 97.4 MiB
nodejs22-full-i18n x86_64 1:22.21.1-6.fc44
copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:jstanek:nodejs22-bin 30.4 MiB
nodejs22-npm x86_64 1:10.9.4-1.22.21.1.6.fc44
copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:jstanek:nodejs22-bin 8.8 MiB
Transaction Summary:
Installing: 7 packages
```
--
Jan Stanek
Software Engineer
Red Hat
IM: @jstanek
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