Install new kernel with yum update and and needs-restarting doesn’t report needing to reboot:
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Installed:
kernel-5.11.18-200.fc33.x86_64
kernel-core-5.11.18-200.fc33.x86_64
kernel-devel-5.11.18-200.fc33.x86_64
kernel-modules-5.11.18-200.fc33.x86_64
kernel-modules-extra-5.11.18-200.fc33.x86_64
Removed:
kernel-5.11.15-200.fc33.x86_64
kernel-core-5.11.15-200.fc33.x86_64
kernel-devel-5.11.15-200.fc33.x86_64
kernel-modules-5.11.15-200.fc33.x86_64
kernel-modules-extra-5.11.15-200.fc33.x86_64
Complete!
needs-restarting -r
No core libraries or services have been updated since boot-up.
Reboot should not be necessary.
cat /etc/*release
Fedora release 33 (Thirty Three)
NAME=Fedora
VERSION=“33 (Workstation Edition)”
ID=fedora
VERSION_ID=33
VERSION_CODENAME=“”
PLATFORM_ID=“platform:f33”
PRETTY_NAME=“Fedora 33 (Workstation Edition)”
ANSI_COLOR=“0;38;2;60;110;180”
LOGO=fedora-logo-icon
CPE_NAME=“cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:33”
HOME_URL=“https://fedoraproject.org/”
DOCUMENTATION_URL=“System Administrator’s Guide :: Fedora Docs”
SUPPORT_URL=“Communicating and getting help - Fedora Project Wiki”
BUG_REPORT_URL=“https://bugzilla.redhat.com/”
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT=“Fedora”
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=33
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT=“Fedora”
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=33
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL=“Privacy Statement for the Fedora Project :: Fedora Docs”
VARIANT=“Workstation Edition”
VARIANT_ID=workstation
Fedora release 33 (Thirty Three)
Fedora release 33 (Thirty Three)