> On 7 Oct 2021, at 18:38, Ian Pilcher <arequip...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 10/5/21 16:36, Barry wrote: >>> On 5 Oct 2021, at 19:41, Ian Pilcher <arequip...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I use systemd-boot, so I try to avoid having unneeded GRUB packages >>> installed. When I run dnf update, grub2-tools-efi and grub2-tools-extra >>> get installed, even though they aren't required by any of my other >>> installed packages. >>> >>> I already have install_weak_deps=False set in dnf.conf. >>> >>> Anyone have any idea why DNF is installing these packages? >> Try dnf remove package and see what dnf wants to remove. >> Just answer no so that dns does no damage. >> That’s the trick I used to find out why a package is needed. >> You can also do rpm queries, but I do recall the incantation. > > That's the mystery. 'dnf remove' happily removes them (which is what I > want), so it appears that *nothing* requires these packages, so why is > 'dnf update' installing them?
I removed grub2-tools-extra and did an update. And its back as you said. But I noticed that other grub files updated at the same time. I repeated the remove and then the dnf update --refresh did not put it back. Indeed odd that it sometimes comes back. I ran the rpm -q --what* commands and grub2-tools-extra is not listed for anything. Clearly is not a protected package as they cannot be removed at all. Barry > > -- > ======================================================================== > In Soviet Russia, Google searches you! > ======================================================================== > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
