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dnf autoremove attempts to remove installonlypkgs

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      .The `dnf autoremove` command behavior is now consistent with the man page documentation and the command now considers the package installation reason

      Previously, when you removed unnecessary packages by using the `dnf autoremove` command, installed packages marked as `installonly` were removed. However, the `dnf(8)` man page documentation contained information that `installonly` packages were excluded from the `dnf autoremove` operations.

      With this update, the following fixes were provided:

      * The `dnf(8)` man page documentation now conveys that `installonly` packages are not excluded from `dnf autoremove`.
      * DNF now correctly infers a package installation reason from the installation history if multiple `installonly` packages are included in the `dnf autoremove` operation.

      As a result, the `dnf autoremove` command behavior is now consistent with the man page documentation and the command now considers the package installation reason.

      NOTE: If `dnf autoremove` insists on removing the required packages, mark these packages as `dnf mark install _<package>_`.
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      .The `dnf autoremove` command behavior is now consistent with the man page documentation and the command now considers the package installation reason Previously, when you removed unnecessary packages by using the `dnf autoremove` command, installed packages marked as `installonly` were removed. However, the `dnf(8)` man page documentation contained information that `installonly` packages were excluded from the `dnf autoremove` operations. With this update, the following fixes were provided: * The `dnf(8)` man page documentation now conveys that `installonly` packages are not excluded from `dnf autoremove`. * DNF now correctly infers a package installation reason from the installation history if multiple `installonly` packages are included in the `dnf autoremove` operation. As a result, the `dnf autoremove` command behavior is now consistent with the man page documentation and the command now considers the package installation reason. NOTE: If `dnf autoremove` insists on removing the required packages, mark these packages as `dnf mark install _<package>_`.
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      What were you trying to do that didn't work?

      `dnf autoremove` attempts to remove installonlypkgs

      Please provide the package NVR for which bug is seen:

      dnf-4.7.0-16.el8_8.noarch
      libdnf-0.63.0-14.el8_8.x86_64
      dnf-plugins-core-4.0.21-19.el8_8.noarch

      dnf-4.14.0-5.el9_2.noarch
      dnf-plugins-core-4.3.0-5.el9_2.noarch
      libdnf-0.69.0-3.el9_2.x86_64

      Steps to reproduce

      1. `dnf autoremove` > identify a package that will be removed
      2. `echo "installonlypkgs=that-package" >> /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
      3.  `dnf autoremove` > still attempts to remove the package

      Expected results

             Packages listed in installonlypkgs are never automatically removed by this command.

       

      man dnf
   Autoremove Command
       Command: autoremove
       Aliases for explicit NEVRA matching: autoremove-n, autoremove-na, autoremove-nevra
       dnf [options] autoremove
          Removes all "leaf" packages from the system that were originally installed  as  dependencies
          of user-installed packages, but which are no longer required by any such package.
       Packages listed in installonlypkgs are never automatically removed by this command.

 

      Actual results

       

      Note:

      This came up when a customers dnf autoremove command attempted to remove kernel packages. Our only suspicion is that they ran dnf mark remove on the kernel packages, which then allowed dnf to `autoremove` them. But that shouldn't be the case regardless as these are installonlypkgs.

              rhn-support-ppisar Petr Pisar
              rhn-support-jcastran John Castranio
              packaging-team-maint packaging-team-maint
              Jan Blazek Jan Blazek
              Mariya Pershina Mariya Pershina
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