[TECH DEBT] [3006.x] download function in yumpkg relies on yum-utils which is not available on Fedora and some later Redhat platforms #67786
Description
Description of the tech debt to be addressed, include links and screenshots
The current implementation of yumpkg function download relies on yumdownloader from yum-utils which is not available on current versions of Fedora and expect it to be removed from later versions of RedHat platforms.
, for example: RedHat 9 / Rocky Linux 9, /usr/bin/yum -> dnf-3 and
[root@david-XPS-15-9570 /]# dnf download --help
usage: dnf download [-c [config file]] [-q] [-v] [--version] [--installroot [path]] [--nodocs] [--noplugins] [--enableplugin [plugin]] [--disableplugin [plugin]] [--releasever RELEASEVER] [--setopt SETOPTS] [--skip-broken] [-h]
[--allowerasing] [-b | --nobest] [-C] [-R [minutes]] [-d [debug level]] [--debugsolver] [--showduplicates] [-e ERRORLEVEL] [--obsoletes] [--rpmverbosity [debug level name]] [-y] [--assumeno] [--enablerepo [repo]]
[--disablerepo [repo] | --repo [repo]] [--enable | --disable] [-x [package]] [--disableexcludes [repo]] [--repofrompath [repo,path]] [--noautoremove] [--nogpgcheck] [--color COLOR] [--refresh] [-4] [-6]
[--destdir DESTDIR] [--downloadonly] [--comment COMMENT] [--bugfix] [--enhancement] [--newpackage] [--security] [--advisory ADVISORY] [--bz BUGZILLA] [--cve CVES] [--sec-severity {Critical,Important,Moderate,Low}]
[--forcearch ARCH] [--source] [--debuginfo] [--debugsource] [--arch [arch]] [--resolve] [--alldeps] [--url] [--urlprotocols {http,https,rsync,ftp}]
packages [packages ...]
See
Lines 3331 to 3351 in 685d330
dnf and dnf5 provides a download capability which needs to be implemented
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