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#1035 Document how to skip installing weak dependencies
Merged by ngompa. Opened by salimma.
salimma/packaging-committee weakdeps-skip  into  master

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This is actually possible with --setopt=install_weak_deps=False, contrary to
the existing documentation.

Tested on Fedora 33 with fennel:

~
❯ sudo dnf install fennel
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:01 ago on Fri 18 Dec 2020 04:51:33 PM PST.
Dependencies resolved.
==============================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                     Architecture                          Version                                       Repository                              Size
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 fennel                                      noarch                                0.7.0-2.fc33                                  updates                                 79 k
Installing weak dependencies:
 lua-readline                                x86_64                                2.7-1.fc33                                    updates                                 23 k
Transaction Summary
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Install  2 Packages
Total download size: 102 k
Installed size: 444 k
Is this ok [y/N]: n
Operation aborted.
~ took 6s
❯ sudo dnf --setopt=install_weak_deps=False install fennel
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:36 ago on Fri 18 Dec 2020 04:51:33 PM PST.
Dependencies resolved.
==============================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                 Architecture                            Version                                       Repository                                Size
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 fennel                                  noarch                                  0.7.0-2.fc33                                  updates                                   79 k
Transaction Summary
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Install  1 Package
Total download size: 79 k
Installed size: 388 k
Is this ok [y/N]: n
Operation aborted.
~ took 6s
❯ sudo dnf install fennel -y
Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:18 ago on Fri 18 Dec 2020 04:51:33 PM PST.
Dependencies resolved.
==============================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                     Architecture                          Version                                       Repository                              Size
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 fennel                                      noarch                                0.7.0-2.fc33                                  updates                                 79 k
Installing weak dependencies:
 lua-readline                                x86_64                                2.7-1.fc33                                    updates                                 23 k
Transaction Summary
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Install  2 Packages
Total download size: 102 k
Installed size: 444 k
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): fennel-0.7.0-2.fc33.noarch.rpm                                                                                                         180 kB/s |  79 kB     00:00
(2/2): lua-readline-2.7-1.fc33.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                      49 kB/s |  23 kB     00:00
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                                                                                                                         118 kB/s | 102 kB     00:00
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                                                                                                                      1/1
  Installing       : lua-readline-2.7-1.fc33.x86_64                                                                                                                       1/2
  Installing       : fennel-0.7.0-2.fc33.noarch                                                                                                                           2/2
  Running scriptlet: fennel-0.7.0-2.fc33.noarch                                                                                                                           2/2
  Verifying        : fennel-0.7.0-2.fc33.noarch                                                                                                                           1/2
  Verifying        : lua-readline-2.7-1.fc33.x86_64                                                                                                                       2/2
Installed:
  fennel-0.7.0-2.fc33.noarch                                                          lua-readline-2.7-1.fc33.x86_64
Complete!
~ took 6s
❯ sudo dnf remove lua-readline
Dependencies resolved.
==============================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                     Architecture                          Version                                      Repository                               Size
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Removing:
 lua-readline                                x86_64                                2.7-1.fc33                                   @updates                                 56 k
Transaction Summary
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Remove  1 Package
Freed space: 56 k
Is this ok [y/N]: n
Operation aborted.

Signed-off-by: Michel Alexandre Salim michel@michel-slm.name

:thumbsup:

Pull-Request has been merged by ngompa
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