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 DNF protected_packages Plugin
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Description
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Prevents any DNF operation that would result in a removal of one of the protected packages from the system. These are typically packages essential for proper system boot and basic operation.

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Configuration
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Deciding whether a package is protected is based on the package name. The set of packages names considered protected is loaded from configuration files under::

  /etc/dnf/protected.d
  /etc/yum/protected.d

Every line in all ``*.conf`` files there is taken as a protected package name. Moreover, the currently booted kernel package is always protected.

Complete disabling of the protected packages feature is done by disabling the plugin::

  dnf --disableplugin=protected_packages erase dnf