On 12/2/26 00:04, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Wed, 2026-02-11 at 12:44 +0100, ogio.spam wrote:
Hello
Il giorno gio, 05/02/2026 alle 18.44 +0000, Beartooth via users ha
scritto:
Installing:
kernel x86_64
6.18.8-200.fc43
updates
0.0 B kernel-core
x86_64
6.18.8-200.fc43
updates
97.6 MiB kernel-devel
x86_64
6.18.8-200.fc43
updates
84.4 MiB kernel-modules
x86_64
6.18.8-200.fc43
updates
96.3 MiB kernel-modules-core
x86_64
6.18.8-200.fc43
updates
68.0 MiB kernel-modules-extra
x86_64
6.18.8-200.fc43
updates
4.2 MiB
Transaction Summary:
Installing: 6 packages Upgrading: 42 packages
Replacing: 43 packages Removing: 7 packages
This is a normal resume of dnf activities.
Kernels are installed and not replaced.
If the dnf conf permit it, old kernels are removed.
So this is not a simple way to understand if a reboot is required.
If you want to use it in a script, maybe you can try to upgrade only
kernel with a simple command:
# dnf upgrade kernel\*
If it returns something was installed you should reboot.
If there are some other package required by kernel they are installed
or upgraded.
In DNF output the Instaling can appear even if a package is installed
from dependencies but not present before, or even if you install a
new
package.
Also, I can add that not only kernel may require a reboot.
Imagine you have a service running (thare are a lot) and you upgrade
it
a lot of times... Maybe you never use new versions until restart the
service or reboot the system.
I use tracer (dnf install tracer) to see when things need to be
restarted, including reboots for any reason (such as a new glibc).
There's also a dnf plugin (man dnf-tracer).
Hi Patrick, what did you install to get that man info for dnf-tracer?
I've just installed tracer again (I had it in F42) and when I issue the
command man dnf-tracer I get the message "No manual entry for dnf-tracer".
regards,
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