The subscription-manager dnf plugin is disabled by default as part of our debranding in both CentOS Linux and CentOS Stream. c8: https://git.centos.org/rpms/subscription-manager/blob/580aca8629536c64577e6a443b9349ecb629cc17/f/SPECS/subscription-manager.spec#_850 c8s: https://git.centos.org/rpms/subscription-manager/blob/603dc4a304e237a71a056f674378ff5113a7f710/f/SPECS/subscription-manager.spec#_855 I don't know what caused it to be enabled on your system, but that is the way it currently ships. On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 6:54 PM Tony Schreiner <anthony.schreiner at bc.edu> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 7:37 PM Gregory P. Ennis <PoMec at pomec.net> wrote: > > > On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 17:49:29 -0500 > > Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > > > > > What appears is below. > > > > Removing dependent packages is required. Removing unused dependencies is > > optional. > > > > dnf remove *subscription* --noautoremove > > > > should remove the dependent packages but keep thee unused dependencies if > > you want them. > > > > There's also a setting in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf to set the default behaviour > > of the autoremove > > function. > > > > Having said that, I don't have any of those packages in your list on my > > system and it's > > working fine. So removing them (probably) won't break anything. > > ------------------------------------------ > > > > Frank, > > > > Thanks for the help. I used the -noautoremove switch and the following was > > removed : > > > > abrt-2.10.9-11.el8.x86_64 > > > > abrt-addon-ccpp-2.10.9-11.el8.x86_64 > > > > abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.10.9-11.el8.x86_64 > > > > abrt-addon-pstoreoops-2.10.9-11.el8.x86_64 > > > > abrt-addon-vmcore-2.10.9-11.el8.x86_64 > > > > abrt-addon-xorg-2.10.9-11.el8.x86_64 > > abrt-cli-2.10.9-11.el8.x86_64 > > abrt-dbus-2.10.9-11.el8.x86_64 > > abrt-desktop-2.10.9-11.el8.x86_64 > > abrt-gui-2.10.9-11.el8.x86_64 > > abrt-tui-2.10.9-11.el8.x86_64 > > anaconda-core-29.19.2.17-1.el8.x86_64 > > anaconda-gui-29.19.2.17-1.el8.x86_64 > > anaconda-tui-29.19.2.17-1.el8.x86_64 > > dnf-plugin-subscription-manager-1.26.17-1.el8_2.x86_64 > > initial-setup-0.3.62.1-1.el8.x86_64 > > initial-setup-gui-0.3.62.1-1.el8.x86_64 > > libreport-plugin-ureport-2.9.5-10.el8.x86_64 > > python3-abrt-2.10.9-11.el8.x86_64 > > python3-abrt-addon-2.10.9-11.el8.x86_64 > > python3-subscription-manager-rhsm-1.26.17-1.el8_2.x86_64 > > subscription-manager-1.26.17-1.el8_2.x86_64 > > subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon-1.26.17-1.el8_2.x86_64 > > subscription-manager-rhsm-certificates-1.26.17-1.el8_2.x86_64 > > virt-who-0.27.6-1.el8.noarch > > > > After these were removed the request to register with Red Hat no longer > > appears with 'dnf > > update' > > > > Thanks again!!!! > > > > Greg > > > > > You could also just disable the yum subscription-manager plugin by setting > enabled=0 > in /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/subscription-manager.conf > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Carl George