Why does "yum install <package1> <package2>", where the "<package2>" identifier doesn't exist, cause the transaction to fail in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When issuing a yum install <package1> <package2>, and the <package2> entry is invalid, unavailable, or otherwise inaccessible, the entire transaction fails as shown below. In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and before, this was an informational message and the transaction would succeed, why is this different in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8?

    # yum install python3 unavailable-package
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Last metadata expiration check: 0:10:33 ago on Fri 14 Jun 2019 03:31:31 PM EDT.
No match for argument: unavailable-package
Error: Unable to find a match

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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