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Bug 1901921 - no possibility to configure needs-restarting
Summary: no possibility to configure needs-restarting
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: dnf-plugins-core
Version: 34
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: nsella
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-11-26 12:33 UTC by ocs
Modified: 2021-06-15 07:21 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

Fixed In Version: dnf-plugins-core-4.0.22-1.fc35
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Last Closed: 2021-06-15 07:21:11 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description ocs 2020-11-26 12:33:47 UTC 
Description of problem:

no possibility to configure needs-restarting

I found this problem in CentOS 8

this:
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/yum-utils/issues/36
is still an issue

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible: and execute:
needs-restarting


Steps to Reproduce:
1. install any non baseOS kernel (eg: elrepo kernel-ml)
2. execute needs-restarting
3.

Actual results:
No core libraries or services have been updated since boot-up.
Reboot should not be necessary.

Expected results:
Some message saying that a reboot is necessary


Additional info:
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/yum-utils/issues/36
Comment 1 nsella 2020-12-07 11:30:59 UTC 
Hello, I think the issue can be addressed by, this[1] already released.
I added the missing documentation.[2] You can add packages that need to be restarted in configuration

Example: echo "packagename" > /etc/dnf/plugins/needs-restarting.d/packagename.conf

[1] https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf-plugins-core/pull/391
[2] https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf-plugins-core/pull/417/
Comment 2 Ben Cotton 2021-02-09 16:17:33 UTC 
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 34 development cycle.
Changing version to 34.
Comment 3 nsella 2021-06-02 07:47:27 UTC 
Hello, is there any update on the solution I proposed from #comment 1? Does it work for you?
Thank you
Comment 4 ocs 2021-06-09 09:56:16 UTC 
Yes! Sorry for not providing feedback
This works like charm:
]# cat /etc/dnf/plugins/needs-restarting.d/kernel-ml.conf
kernel-ml

thank you very much

This is not related to the bug, but it is to the topic:
I also have modified the following file to prevent default kernel updates to modify grup boot priorities. (so kernel-ml is always the default boot)

]# cat /etc/sysconfig/kernel
# UPDATEDEFAULT specifies if kernel-install should make
# new kernels the default
UPDATEDEFAULT=yes

# DEFAULTKERNEL specifies the default kernel package type
#DEFAULTKERNEL=kernel-core
DEFAULTKERNEL=kernel-ml
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2021-06-15 07:21:11 UTC 
FEDORA-2021-78c5f8c03d has been pushed to the Fedora 35 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
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