Re: [OE-core] [PATCH v2 6/6] dnf: Upgrade to 5.3.0.0

["Mathieu Dubois-Briand" <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>]

On Fri Dec 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM CET, Adam Duskett via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> Completely rewritten in C++, there are several changes needed
> to facilitate moving from DNF4 to DNF5. Below are some significant
> items to note:
>
>     - The "-v/--verbose" cli option is removed. As such, remove the argument
>     everywhere it was called.[1]
>
>     - the rpmverbosity cli option is replaced with --setopt=rpmverbosity
>
>     - Change gpgcheck to pkg_gpgcheck as this is what the documentation
>     recommends.[2]
>
>     - --nogpgcheck is now --no-gpgchecks
>
>     - --setopt=protect_running_kernel=False has to be set or else every dnf
>     transaction complains that /boot/vmlinuz-${kernel_version} does not
>     exist in /var/log/dnf5.log. There is an open issue on github[3] to enable
>     the currently not-yet implemented `autocheck_running_kernel option`, but
>     it has been open for quite some time and the protect_running_kernel
>     option supresses the message.
>
>     - /var/cache/dnf is replaced with /var/cache/libdnf5
>
>     - Add `features += 'PACKAGECONFIG:append:pn-rpm = " sequoia"\n'`
>           `features += 'PACKAGECONFIG:append:pn-librepo = " sequoia"\n'`
>       to test_testimage_dnf as librepo currently does not work
>       with gpgme.
>
> While DNF5 has many config options, unfortunately, the majority
> of them depends on sdbus-c++, which is not included in OE-core.
> However, the package is included in meta-openembedded, so it's
> best to include the PACKAGECONFIG options in the recipe and
> leave them off.
>
> 1: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf5/issues/464
> 2: https://dnf5.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dnf5.conf.5.html
> 3: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf5/issues/1255
>
> Signed-off-by: Adam Duskett <adam.duskett@amarulasolutions.com>
> ---

Hi Adam,

Thanks for your patch.

It looks like there is also a change with the --skip-broken argument:

ERROR: core-image-sato-1.0-r0 do_populate_sdk: Could not invoke dnf. Command '...' returned 2:
Unknown argument "--skip-broken" for command "dnf5". Add "--help" for more information about the arguments.
The argument is available for commands: module enable, environment install, group install, replay, reinstall, downgrade, debuginfo-install, distro-sync, install, do. (It has to be placed after the command.)

https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/4/builds/2856
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/8/builds/2869
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/30/builds/2824
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/36/builds/2848
...

As expected, this is seen on almost all child builds of this a-full:
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/29/builds/2851

Can you have a look at the error?

Thanks,
Mathieu

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Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
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