On 26/08/17, Dusty Mabe wrote: > > > On 08/25/2017 09:05 PM, Colin Walters wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 25, 2017, at 09:52 AM, Dusty Mabe wrote: > >> If there is ever a case where people "need" to `ostree admin unlock > >> --hotfix` > >> and install a new patched rpm that hasn't been released yet, should we > >> consider > >> including microdnf to make it easier to grab those rpms? > > > > In general, rpm-ostree already has all of the code from libdnf; microdnf > > just > > wraps libdnf. So anything we're not supporting is really a bug; right? > > Yeah if we could just use libdnf and then have microdnf and rpm-ostree use > that, > that would be great. > > I guess this is a bug, maybe, maybe not. Basically this came up in a > conversation > about the various ways to patch a running production system. The ostree admin > unlock > is the absolute most tactical way to go about it (especially as long as > livefs is experimental) > but there is no great way to install rpms without doing depsolving yourself > and having > to find them on the mirrors. > > > > > Isn't your case already mostly covered by > > # for x in > > https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/docker/1.13.1/28.gitb5e3294.fc27/x86_64/docker-{common-,rhel-push-plugin-,}1.13.1-28.gitb5e3294.fc27.x86_64.rpm; > > do curl -L -O $x; done > > # rpm-ostree ex override replace ./docker-* > > Sure, you depsolved that manually and also found it on the mirrors manually. > Also you are > relying on an experimental feature (and another experimental feature if you > don't want to > reboot (livefs). > > Even in your scenario it could be useful to have something like microdnf on > the system to > handle some functionality like 'microdnf download foorpm' and get that rpm > local onto the > system. So in your scenario about, even if we weren't using hotfix you could > do: > > # microdnf download --resolve docker > # rpm-ostree ex override replace ./docker-* >
This one is much easier for the endusers. Though I would count the whole as a RFE than bug. Kushal -- Fedora Cloud Engineer CPython Core Developer https://kushaldas.in https://dgplug.org
