Distro-sync want to remove dnf5

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sudo dnf distro-sync --allowerasing
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Failed to resolve the transaction:
Problem: The operation would result in removing the following protected packages: dnf5
You can try to add to command line:
--skip-broken to skip uninstallable packages

when i run sudo dnf repoquery --duplicates, i have like 300 packages listed.

I updated to 44 recently, and i think i ran distro-sync sucefully after it. I have no idea what could have cause it.

sudo dnf history list
 ID Command line                                                                                               Date and time       Action(s) Altered
297 dnf distro-sync -y --refresh                                                                               2026-05-22 20:52:49              1077
296 dnf -y install --nogpgcheck --disablerepo=* /tmp/akmods.1WFQZfB7/results/kmod-VirtualBox-7.0.4-200.fc44.x8 2026-05-11 13:09:52                 1
295 dnf -y install --nogpgcheck --disablerepo=* /tmp/akmods.fxb5TiYP/results/kmod-nvidia-7.0.4-200.fc44.x86_64 2026-05-11 13:09:34                 1
294 dnf -y install --nogpgcheck --disablerepo=* /tmp/akmods.zVryLrqW/results/kmod-VirtualBox-7.0.4-200.fc44.x8 2026-05-11 12:18:15                 1
293 dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=44                                                                2026-05-11 12:02:30              7261
292 dnf -y install --nogpgcheck --disablerepo=* /tmp/akmods.1wTBX3I7/results/kmod-nvidia-6.19.13-200.fc43.x86_ 2026-05-11 11:27:55                 2
291 dnf -y install --nogpgcheck --disablerepo=* /tmp/akmods.Vo61bBc1/results/kmod-VirtualBox-6.19.13-200.fc43. 2026-05-11 11:26:29                 2
290 dnf -y install --nogpgcheck --disablerepo=* /tmp/akmods.WvBE0Mkn/results/kmod-VirtualBox-7.0.4-100.fc43.x8 2026-05-11 11:26:12                 1
289 dnf -y install --nogpgcheck --disablerepo=* /tmp/akmods.nzuaG4c6/results/kmod-nvidia-7.0.4-100.fc43.x86_64 2026-05-11 11:25:53                 1
288 dnf distro-sync -y --refresh                                                                               2026-05-11 11:20:12               472
287 dnf -y install --nogpgcheck --disablerepo=* /tmp/akmods.a4KeeBrI/results/kmod-VirtualBox-6.19.13-200.fc43. 2026-04-24 12:48:40                 1
286 dnf -y install --nogpgcheck --disablerepo=* /tmp/akmods.l0BCtqDJ/results/kmod-nvidia-6.19.13-200.fc43.x86_ 2026-04-24 12:48:23                 1
285 dnf distro-sync -y --refresh                                                                               2026-04-24 12:45:49               117
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Try that as
sudo dnf distro-sync --refresh --allowerasing --setopt "protected_packages="
That should eliminate the many duplicate packages you noted.

You seem to have missed several upgrades since the kernel has had numerous updates so the latest is 7.0.9-205 and 7.0.10 is in updates-testing.
Most of the recent flurry of kernel updates has been due to recently identified security issues and the fixes for them.

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You seem to have missed several upgrades since the kernel has had numerous updates so the latest is 7.0.9-205 and 7.0.10 is in updates-testing.

Yeah i didn’t think about that, i should fix this asap.

Try that as
sudo dnf distro-sync --refresh --allowerasing --setopt "protected_packages="
That should eliminate the many duplicate packages you noted.

It error with this message

[290/290] Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        100% |   0.0   B/s |   0.0   B |  00m01s
Running transaction
Transaction failed: Rpm transaction failed.
  - file /usr/share/man/man5/cert9.db.5.gz from install of nss-3.123.1-1.fc44.i686 conflicts with file from package nss-3.122.1-1.fc44.x86_64
  - file /usr/share/man/man5/key4.db.5.gz from install of nss-3.123.1-1.fc44.i686 conflicts with file from package nss-3.122.1-1.fc44.x86_64
  - file /usr/share/man/man5/pkcs11.txt.5.gz from install of nss-3.123.1-1.fc44.i686 conflicts with file from package nss-3.122.1-1.fc44.x86_64
  - file /usr/share/doc/libedit/ChangeLog from install of libedit-3.1-59.20260512cvs.fc44.i686 conflicts with file from package libedit-3.1-58.20251016cvs.fc44.x86_64
  - file /usr/share/doc/librsvg2/NEWS from install of librsvg2-2.62.2-1.fc44.i686 conflicts with file from package librsvg2-2.62.0-1.fc44.x86_64
  - file /usr/share/licenses/librsvg2/LICENSE.dependencies from install of librsvg2-2.62.2-1.fc44.i686 conflicts with file from package librsvg2-2.62.0-1.fc44.x86_64
  - file /usr/share/doc/expat/Changes from install of expat-2.8.1-1.fc44.i686 conflicts with file from package expat-2.7.3-2.fc44.x86_64
  - file /usr/share/man/man1/xmlwf.1.gz from install of expat-2.8.1-1.fc44.i686 conflicts with file from package expat-2.7.3-2.fc44.x86_64
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Those all appear to be an issue with the repo not being in sync as the i686 packages conflict with the x86_64 packages.

You might try adding --skip-broken to that command.

You also may just wait a few hours then try again.

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I still have the same error

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Try first to remove the .i686 packages with: dnf remove \*.i686

Note the list of removed packages (you may found then in the dnf history) to reinstall then afterwards if needed.

Retry the distro-sync.

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Thanks, i can run distro sync now