From 3986c1f0f4c9accef71dc5e3e9fe84052800cbae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miroslav Suchý Date: Mar 03 2022 09:58:42 +0000 Subject: add new section about remove-retired-packages Documenting https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RetiredPackages --- diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/dnf-system-upgrade.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/dnf-system-upgrade.adoc index 751b4f3..356a24e 100644 --- a/modules/ROOT/pages/dnf-system-upgrade.adoc +++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/dnf-system-upgrade.adoc @@ -117,6 +117,21 @@ For more information you can refer to the man pages (`man rpmconf`). If you use `rpmconf` to upgrade the system configuration files supplied with the upgraded packages then some configuration files may change. After the upgrade you should verify `/etc/ssh/sshd_config`, `/etc/nsswitch.conf`, `/etc/ntp.conf` and others are expected. For example, if OpenSSH is upgraded then `sshd_config` reverts to the default package configuration. The default package configuration *does not* enable public key authentication, and allows password authentication. +[[sect-clean-up-retired-packages]] +=== Clean-up retired package + +Every release Fedora retires a few packages. There are various reasons: +the package become obsoleted, dead upstream or maintainer stepped down. +Fedora no longer distribute these packages, but they are still present +at your systems. You will never receive upgrades. Not even security ones. +It is highly recommend to remove these packages. + +[source,bash] +---- +sudo dnf install remove-retired-packages +remove-retired-packages +---- + [[sect-clean-up-old-packages]] === Clean-up old packages