Re: Fixing out of date nodebug kernels

https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/rawhide-kernel-nodebug/ At time of writing the nodebug kernels have a lower NVR than the ones in Koji and Rawhide. In fact, this is quite often the case. Now I understand why this happens, and I'm not complaining about that process. But I wonder if we could solve this with a technological solution? I think if you put: priority=98 into the .repo file, then it'll always prefer the nodebug kernels even if they have a lower NVR. See "priority" here: https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/conf_ref.html With no change: $ sudo dnf update kernel Last metadata expiration check: 4:18:46 ago on Thu 19 May 2022 11:30:26 BST. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: kernel x86_64 5.18.0-0.rc7.54.fc37 rawhide 247 k kernel-core x86_64 5.18.0-0.rc7.54.fc37 rawhide 48 M kernel-modules x86_64 5.18.0-0.rc7.54.fc37 rawhide 56 M Removing: kernel x86_64 5.18.0-0.rc3.27.fc37 @fedora-rawhide-kernel-nodebug 0 kernel-core x86_64 5.18.0-0.rc3.27.fc37 @fedora-rawhide-kernel-nodebug 91 M kernel-modules x86_64 5.18.0-0.rc3.27.fc37 @fedora-rawhide-kernel-nodebug 55 M With priority=98 added: $ sudo dnf update kernel Rawhide kernels built without debugging turned 9.7 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00 Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: kernel x86_64 5.18.0-0.rc7.54.fc37 fedora-rawhide-kernel-nodebug 247 k kernel-core x86_64 5.18.0-0.rc7.54.fc37 fedora-rawhide-kernel-nodebug 48 M kernel-modules x86_64 5.18.0-0.rc7.54.fc37 fedora-rawhide-kernel-nodebug 56 M Removing: kernel x86_64 5.18.0-0.rc3.27.fc37 @fedora-rawhide-kernel-nodebug 0 kernel-core x86_64 5.18.0-0.rc3.27.fc37 @fedora-rawhide-kernel-nodebug 91 M kernel-modules x86_64 5.18.0-0.rc3.27.fc37 @fedora-rawhide-kernel-nodebug 55 M I think if someone installed the repository, they've likely made a choice that they don't want the debug kernels. I know I have.

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