Re: DNF update installing unwanted GRUB packages

2021-10-07 Thread James Szinger
On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 13:40:51 -0500 Ian Pilcher 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 a

Re: DNF update installing unwanted GRUB packages

2021-10-07 Thread Barry Scott
> On 7 Oct 2021, at 18:38, Ian Pilcher wrote: > > On 10/5/21 16:36, Barry wrote: >>> On 5 Oct 2021, at 19:41, Ian Pilcher 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 in

Re: DNF update installing unwanted GRUB packages

2021-10-07 Thread Ian Pilcher
On 10/5/21 16:36, Barry wrote: On 5 Oct 2021, at 19:41, Ian Pilcher 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 installe

Re: DNF update installing unwanted GRUB packages

2021-10-05 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/5/21 3:36 PM, Barry wrote: 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. Just to be safe, add -n to the dnf comm

Re: DNF update installing unwanted GRUB packages

2021-10-05 Thread Barry
> On 5 Oct 2021, at 19:41, Ian Pilcher 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 alr

DNF update installing unwanted GRUB packages

2021-10-05 Thread Ian Pilcher
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