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OCI: dnf update fails with error “no match for argument”

Applies To

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Linux x86-64


Symptoms

While attempting to update packages, the “no match for argument” and “Error: No packages marked for upgrade” is returned:

# dnf update sssd-common 
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:13 ago on Fri 26 Jan 2024 08:35:36 AM PST.
No match for argument: sssd-common
Error: No packages marked for upgrade.

It is confirmed that the package in question is installed, and the relevant repos enabled.


Cause

There is an “exclude” entry in the /etc/yum.conf as follows:

# grep exclude /etc/yum.conf
exclude=sssd*,samba*,sss*

The “exclude” option in the /etc/yum.conf is described as follows:

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