@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ function uninstall_package {

     if is_ubuntu; then

         apt_get purge "$@"

     elif is_fedora; then

-        sudo yum remove -y "$@"

+        sudo $YUM remove -y "$@" ||:

     elif is_suse; then

         sudo zypper rm "$@"

     else

@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ function uninstall_package {

 }

 # Wrapper for ``yum`` to set proxy environment variables

-# Uses globals ``OFFLINE``, ``*_proxy``

+# Uses globals ``OFFLINE``, ``*_proxy``, ``YUM``

 # yum_install package [package ...]

 function yum_install {

     [[ "$OFFLINE" = "True" ]] && return

@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ function yum_install {

     # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=965567

     $sudo http_proxy=$http_proxy https_proxy=$https_proxy \

         no_proxy=$no_proxy \

-        yum install -y "$@" 2>&1 | \

+        $YUM install -y "$@" 2>&1 | \

         awk '

             BEGIN { fail=0 }

             /No package/ { fail=1 }

@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ function yum_install {

     # also ensure we catch a yum failure

     if [[ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} != 0 ]]; then

-        die $LINENO "Yum install failure"

+        die $LINENO "$YUM install failure"

     fi

 }

@@ -639,6 +639,12 @@ API_WORKERS=${API_WORKERS:=$(( ($(nproc)/2)<2 ? 2 : ($(nproc)/2) ))}

 # Service startup timeout

 SERVICE_TIMEOUT=${SERVICE_TIMEOUT:-60}

+# Support alternative yum -- in future Fedora 'dnf' will become the

+# only supported installer, but for now 'yum' and 'dnf' are both

+# available in parallel with compatible CLIs.  Allow manual switching

+# till we get to the point we need to handle this automatically

+YUM=${YUM:-yum}

+

 # Following entries need to be last items in file

 # Local variables: