yum packages update with excluding packages which need reboot [duplicate]
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We are trying to update few yum packages but need to ensure that the packages which need to reboot are to be excluded.
Example : There are close to 500-1000 packages and I need to exclude kernel packages as we cannot update without security approval.
Is there any option in yum to handle this scenario?
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We are trying to update few yum packages but need to ensure that the packages which need to reboot are to be excluded.
Example : There are close to 500-1000 packages and I need to exclude kernel packages as we cannot update without security approval.
Is there any option in yum to handle this scenario?
package-management yum
edited Feb 8 at 16:15
Jeff Schaller
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asked Feb 8 at 16:11
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marked as duplicate by Jeff Schaller, Kusalananda, Isaac, h3rrmiller, Shadur Feb 10 at 9:26
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The duplicate deals with the kernel; not generically “packages which need a rebootâ€Â
– Jeff Schaller
Feb 8 at 16:19
From vague memory: in the packages for autopatching (yum-cron?), there's a helper tool that "knows" if a reboot will be needed, the name of which I don't recall right now. That helper is a python script and contains a hardcoded list of packages that will require reboot. We can't know if that list is complete, but it seems good enough for RHEL.
– Ulrich Schwarz
Feb 8 at 16:54
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@UlrichSchwarz you prompted me to come up with it: possibly needs-restarting, bubbling up from recent memory here
– Jeff Schaller
Feb 8 at 17:09
@JeffSchaller: That's the one, inyum-utils, quoting access.redhat.com/solutions/27943 (paywall) and listing 'kernel', 'glibc', 'linux-firmware', 'systemd', 'udev', 'openssl-libs', 'gnutls', 'dbus'. Bit surprised about gnutls and openssl-libs, I've got to say.
– Ulrich Schwarz
Feb 8 at 18:27
Just installing the updates won't force a reboot. You'll need to schedule one manually anyway, meaning you can get security approval when you do.
– Shadur
Feb 10 at 9:25
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Is there a way to permanently exclude the kernel from updates?
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We are trying to update few yum packages but need to ensure that the packages which need to reboot are to be excluded.
Example : There are close to 500-1000 packages and I need to exclude kernel packages as we cannot update without security approval.
Is there any option in yum to handle this scenario?
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edited Feb 8 at 16:15
Jeff Schaller
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asked Feb 8 at 16:11
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This question already has an answer here:
Is there a way to permanently exclude the kernel from updates?
1 answer
We are trying to update few yum packages but need to ensure that the packages which need to reboot are to be excluded.
Example : There are close to 500-1000 packages and I need to exclude kernel packages as we cannot update without security approval.
Is there any option in yum to handle this scenario?
This question already has an answer here:
Is there a way to permanently exclude the kernel from updates?
1 answer
package-management yum
edited Feb 8 at 16:15
Jeff Schaller
31.3k846105
asked Feb 8 at 16:11
user227863
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edited Feb 8 at 16:15
Jeff Schaller
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edited Feb 8 at 16:15
Jeff Schaller
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edited Feb 8 at 16:15
Jeff Schaller
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asked Feb 8 at 16:11
user227863
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asked Feb 8 at 16:11
user227863
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asked Feb 8 at 16:11
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marked as duplicate by Jeff Schaller, Kusalananda, Isaac, h3rrmiller, Shadur Feb 10 at 9:26
This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.
marked as duplicate by Jeff Schaller, Kusalananda, Isaac, h3rrmiller, Shadur Feb 10 at 9:26
This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.
The duplicate deals with the kernel; not generically “packages which need a rebootâ€Â
– Jeff Schaller
Feb 8 at 16:19
From vague memory: in the packages for autopatching (yum-cron?), there's a helper tool that "knows" if a reboot will be needed, the name of which I don't recall right now. That helper is a python script and contains a hardcoded list of packages that will require reboot. We can't know if that list is complete, but it seems good enough for RHEL.
– Ulrich Schwarz
Feb 8 at 16:54
1
@UlrichSchwarz you prompted me to come up with it: possibly needs-restarting, bubbling up from recent memory here
– Jeff Schaller
Feb 8 at 17:09
@JeffSchaller: That's the one, inyum-utils, quoting access.redhat.com/solutions/27943 (paywall) and listing 'kernel', 'glibc', 'linux-firmware', 'systemd', 'udev', 'openssl-libs', 'gnutls', 'dbus'. Bit surprised about gnutls and openssl-libs, I've got to say.
– Ulrich Schwarz
Feb 8 at 18:27
Just installing the updates won't force a reboot. You'll need to schedule one manually anyway, meaning you can get security approval when you do.
– Shadur
Feb 10 at 9:25
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The duplicate deals with the kernel; not generically “packages which need a rebootâ€Â
– Jeff Schaller
Feb 8 at 16:19
From vague memory: in the packages for autopatching (yum-cron?), there's a helper tool that "knows" if a reboot will be needed, the name of which I don't recall right now. That helper is a python script and contains a hardcoded list of packages that will require reboot. We can't know if that list is complete, but it seems good enough for RHEL.
– Ulrich Schwarz
Feb 8 at 16:54
1
@UlrichSchwarz you prompted me to come up with it: possibly needs-restarting, bubbling up from recent memory here
– Jeff Schaller
Feb 8 at 17:09
@JeffSchaller: That's the one, inyum-utils, quoting access.redhat.com/solutions/27943 (paywall) and listing 'kernel', 'glibc', 'linux-firmware', 'systemd', 'udev', 'openssl-libs', 'gnutls', 'dbus'. Bit surprised about gnutls and openssl-libs, I've got to say.
– Ulrich Schwarz
Feb 8 at 18:27
Just installing the updates won't force a reboot. You'll need to schedule one manually anyway, meaning you can get security approval when you do.
– Shadur
Feb 10 at 9:25
The duplicate deals with the kernel; not generically “packages which need a rebootâ€Â
– Jeff Schaller
Feb 8 at 16:19
The duplicate deals with the kernel; not generically “packages which need a rebootâ€Â
– Jeff Schaller
Feb 8 at 16:19
From vague memory: in the packages for autopatching (
yum-cron?), there's a helper tool that "knows" if a reboot will be needed, the name of which I don't recall right now. That helper is a python script and contains a hardcoded list of packages that will require reboot. We can't know if that list is complete, but it seems good enough for RHEL.– Ulrich Schwarz
Feb 8 at 16:54
From vague memory: in the packages for autopatching (
yum-cron?), there's a helper tool that "knows" if a reboot will be needed, the name of which I don't recall right now. That helper is a python script and contains a hardcoded list of packages that will require reboot. We can't know if that list is complete, but it seems good enough for RHEL.– Ulrich Schwarz
Feb 8 at 16:54
1
1
@UlrichSchwarz you prompted me to come up with it: possibly needs-restarting, bubbling up from recent memory here
– Jeff Schaller
Feb 8 at 17:09
@UlrichSchwarz you prompted me to come up with it: possibly needs-restarting, bubbling up from recent memory here
– Jeff Schaller
Feb 8 at 17:09
@JeffSchaller: That's the one, in
yum-utils, quoting access.redhat.com/solutions/27943 (paywall) and listing 'kernel', 'glibc', 'linux-firmware', 'systemd', 'udev', 'openssl-libs', 'gnutls', 'dbus'. Bit surprised about gnutls and openssl-libs, I've got to say.– Ulrich Schwarz
Feb 8 at 18:27
@JeffSchaller: That's the one, in
yum-utils, quoting access.redhat.com/solutions/27943 (paywall) and listing 'kernel', 'glibc', 'linux-firmware', 'systemd', 'udev', 'openssl-libs', 'gnutls', 'dbus'. Bit surprised about gnutls and openssl-libs, I've got to say.– Ulrich Schwarz
Feb 8 at 18:27
Just installing the updates won't force a reboot. You'll need to schedule one manually anyway, meaning you can get security approval when you do.
– Shadur
Feb 10 at 9:25
Just installing the updates won't force a reboot. You'll need to schedule one manually anyway, meaning you can get security approval when you do.
– Shadur
Feb 10 at 9:25
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RHEL and derivatives have needs-restarting in the yum-utils package, but that can only give you an after-the-fact evaluation. However, it is a python script, so we can peek inside to find the following hard-coded list of packages that will make it suggest a reboot:
# For which package updates we should recommend a reboot
# Taken from https://access.redhat.com/solutions/27943
REBOOTPKGS = ['kernel', 'glibc', 'linux-firmware', 'systemd', 'udev',
'openssl-libs', 'gnutls', 'dbus']
Note that this list might not be exhaustive. I'd need to double-check if RedHat recommends to their paying and supported customers to restart according to this heuristic when doing unattended updates, that would give me a bit more confidence.
answered Feb 8 at 18:32
Ulrich Schwarz
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Quick check .. so post installing yum-utils .. need to run needs-restarting to check list of packages which require restart or reboot?
– user227863
Feb 8 at 19:25
Can we use show-installed | grep needs-restarting ?
– user227863
Feb 8 at 19:36
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Exclude a package from update : Edit /etc/yum.conf → add one or more "exclude" lines. https://tecadmin.net/exclude-packages-from-yum-update/
exclude=kernel*
Note : The wildcard ( * ) is important.
answered Feb 9 at 18:26
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RHEL and derivatives have needs-restarting in the yum-utils package, but that can only give you an after-the-fact evaluation. However, it is a python script, so we can peek inside to find the following hard-coded list of packages that will make it suggest a reboot:
# For which package updates we should recommend a reboot
# Taken from https://access.redhat.com/solutions/27943
REBOOTPKGS = ['kernel', 'glibc', 'linux-firmware', 'systemd', 'udev',
'openssl-libs', 'gnutls', 'dbus']
Note that this list might not be exhaustive. I'd need to double-check if RedHat recommends to their paying and supported customers to restart according to this heuristic when doing unattended updates, that would give me a bit more confidence.
answered Feb 8 at 18:32
Ulrich Schwarz
8,87512643
Quick check .. so post installing yum-utils .. need to run needs-restarting to check list of packages which require restart or reboot?
– user227863
Feb 8 at 19:25
Can we use show-installed | grep needs-restarting ?
– user227863
Feb 8 at 19:36
add a comment |Â
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RHEL and derivatives have needs-restarting in the yum-utils package, but that can only give you an after-the-fact evaluation. However, it is a python script, so we can peek inside to find the following hard-coded list of packages that will make it suggest a reboot:
# For which package updates we should recommend a reboot
# Taken from https://access.redhat.com/solutions/27943
REBOOTPKGS = ['kernel', 'glibc', 'linux-firmware', 'systemd', 'udev',
'openssl-libs', 'gnutls', 'dbus']
Note that this list might not be exhaustive. I'd need to double-check if RedHat recommends to their paying and supported customers to restart according to this heuristic when doing unattended updates, that would give me a bit more confidence.
answered Feb 8 at 18:32
Ulrich Schwarz
8,87512643
Quick check .. so post installing yum-utils .. need to run needs-restarting to check list of packages which require restart or reboot?
– user227863
Feb 8 at 19:25
Can we use show-installed | grep needs-restarting ?
– user227863
Feb 8 at 19:36
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
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up vote
1
down vote
RHEL and derivatives have needs-restarting in the yum-utils package, but that can only give you an after-the-fact evaluation. However, it is a python script, so we can peek inside to find the following hard-coded list of packages that will make it suggest a reboot:
# For which package updates we should recommend a reboot
# Taken from https://access.redhat.com/solutions/27943
REBOOTPKGS = ['kernel', 'glibc', 'linux-firmware', 'systemd', 'udev',
'openssl-libs', 'gnutls', 'dbus']
Note that this list might not be exhaustive. I'd need to double-check if RedHat recommends to their paying and supported customers to restart according to this heuristic when doing unattended updates, that would give me a bit more confidence.
answered Feb 8 at 18:32
Ulrich Schwarz
8,87512643
RHEL and derivatives have needs-restarting in the yum-utils package, but that can only give you an after-the-fact evaluation. However, it is a python script, so we can peek inside to find the following hard-coded list of packages that will make it suggest a reboot:
# For which package updates we should recommend a reboot
# Taken from https://access.redhat.com/solutions/27943
REBOOTPKGS = ['kernel', 'glibc', 'linux-firmware', 'systemd', 'udev',
'openssl-libs', 'gnutls', 'dbus']
Note that this list might not be exhaustive. I'd need to double-check if RedHat recommends to their paying and supported customers to restart according to this heuristic when doing unattended updates, that would give me a bit more confidence.
answered Feb 8 at 18:32
Ulrich Schwarz
8,87512643
answered Feb 8 at 18:32
Ulrich Schwarz
8,87512643
answered Feb 8 at 18:32
Ulrich Schwarz
8,87512643
answered Feb 8 at 18:32
Ulrich Schwarz
8,87512643
8,87512643
Quick check .. so post installing yum-utils .. need to run needs-restarting to check list of packages which require restart or reboot?
– user227863
Feb 8 at 19:25
Can we use show-installed | grep needs-restarting ?
– user227863
Feb 8 at 19:36
add a comment |Â
Quick check .. so post installing yum-utils .. need to run needs-restarting to check list of packages which require restart or reboot?
– user227863
Feb 8 at 19:25
Can we use show-installed | grep needs-restarting ?
– user227863
Feb 8 at 19:36
Quick check .. so post installing yum-utils .. need to run needs-restarting to check list of packages which require restart or reboot?
– user227863
Feb 8 at 19:25
Quick check .. so post installing yum-utils .. need to run needs-restarting to check list of packages which require restart or reboot?
– user227863
Feb 8 at 19:25
Can we use show-installed | grep needs-restarting ?
– user227863
Feb 8 at 19:36
Can we use show-installed | grep needs-restarting ?
– user227863
Feb 8 at 19:36
add a comment |Â
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Exclude a package from update : Edit /etc/yum.conf → add one or more "exclude" lines. https://tecadmin.net/exclude-packages-from-yum-update/
exclude=kernel*
Note : The wildcard ( * ) is important.
answered Feb 9 at 18:26
Knud Larsen
908137
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up vote
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Exclude a package from update : Edit /etc/yum.conf → add one or more "exclude" lines. https://tecadmin.net/exclude-packages-from-yum-update/
exclude=kernel*
Note : The wildcard ( * ) is important.
answered Feb 9 at 18:26
Knud Larsen
908137
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
Exclude a package from update : Edit /etc/yum.conf → add one or more "exclude" lines. https://tecadmin.net/exclude-packages-from-yum-update/
exclude=kernel*
Note : The wildcard ( * ) is important.
answered Feb 9 at 18:26
Knud Larsen
908137
Exclude a package from update : Edit /etc/yum.conf → add one or more "exclude" lines. https://tecadmin.net/exclude-packages-from-yum-update/
exclude=kernel*
Note : The wildcard ( * ) is important.
answered Feb 9 at 18:26
Knud Larsen
908137
answered Feb 9 at 18:26
Knud Larsen
908137
answered Feb 9 at 18:26
Knud Larsen
908137
answered Feb 9 at 18:26
Knud Larsen
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908137
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The duplicate deals with the kernel; not generically “packages which need a rebootâ€Â
– Jeff Schaller
Feb 8 at 16:19
From vague memory: in the packages for autopatching (
yum-cron?), there's a helper tool that "knows" if a reboot will be needed, the name of which I don't recall right now. That helper is a python script and contains a hardcoded list of packages that will require reboot. We can't know if that list is complete, but it seems good enough for RHEL.– Ulrich Schwarz
Feb 8 at 16:54
1
@UlrichSchwarz you prompted me to come up with it: possibly needs-restarting, bubbling up from recent memory here
– Jeff Schaller
Feb 8 at 17:09
@JeffSchaller: That's the one, in
yum-utils, quoting access.redhat.com/solutions/27943 (paywall) and listing 'kernel', 'glibc', 'linux-firmware', 'systemd', 'udev', 'openssl-libs', 'gnutls', 'dbus'. Bit surprised about gnutls and openssl-libs, I've got to say.– Ulrich Schwarz
Feb 8 at 18:27
Just installing the updates won't force a reboot. You'll need to schedule one manually anyway, meaning you can get security approval when you do.
– Shadur
Feb 10 at 9:25