# Rocky 8.6 kernel, Jul 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [July 19, 2022, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-8-6-kernel-jul-2022/6645 "2022-07-19T09:11:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-8-6-kernel-jul-2022/6645/1 "2022-07-19T09:11:50Z")
I’m trying to understand the kernel versions shown below: ```auto dnf repoquery kernel.x86_64 kernel-0:4.18.0-372.13.1.el8_6.x86_64 kernel-0:4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.0.1.x86_64 (<- what?) kernel-0:4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64 kernel-0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8.x86_64 ``` ---
**Author:** ![toracat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/toracat/32/68_2.png) [@toracat](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/toracat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-8-6-kernel-jul-2022/6645/2 "2022-07-19T09:27:43Z")
Looks like it was to fix this bug: [https://bugs.rockylinux.org/view.php?id=143&nbn=1](https://bugs.rockylinux.org/view.php?id=143&nbn=1) ---
**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-8-6-kernel-jul-2022/6645/3 "2022-07-19T09:36:59Z")
Indeed. My nearest mirror does not even have it yet. On the main site: ```nohighlight kernel-4.18.0-372.9.1.el8.x86_64.rpm 10-May-2022 22:01 8420412 kernel-4.18.0-372.13.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm 29-Jun-2022 23:34 8426636 kernel-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm 13-Jul-2022 21:44 8435540 kernel-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.0.1.x86_64.rpm 15-Jul-2022 01:50 8435564 ``` [https://errata.rockylinux.org/](https://errata.rockylinux.org/) does not have entry for it either (yet?) ---
**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-8-6-kernel-jul-2022/6645/4 "2022-07-19T10:00:33Z")
So kernel “16.1” is shown twice, I’m not used to seeing that. I guess in a real dnf upgrade, it wuld just ignore the first one and only install “el8\_6.0.1” ---
**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-8-6-kernel-jul-2022/6645/5 "2022-07-23T10:59:53Z")
I’ve just checked again and it now says ```auto kernel-0:4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64 ``` The “0.1” suffix in the original list has gone? ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-8-6-kernel-jul-2022/6645/6 "2022-07-23T11:42:13Z")
Still appears on my list: ```auto [root@rocky8 ~]# dnf repoquery kernel.x86_64 Last metadata expiration check: 3:27:43 ago on Sat 23 Jul 2022 10:12:39 CEST. kernel-0:4.18.0-372.13.1.el8_6.x86_64 kernel-0:4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.0.1.x86_64 kernel-0:4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.x86_64 kernel-0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8.x86_64 ``` also still available here: [Index of /pub/rocky/8.6/BaseOS/x86\_64/os/Packages/k/](https://download.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/8.6/BaseOS/x86_64/os/Packages/k/) Maybe you are connecting with mirrors that haven’t got a full sync of all files. Also, doing a: ```auto dnf update ``` on my system, brought in the latest kernel, and I have it: ```auto [root@rocky8 ~]# uname -r 4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.0.1.x86_64 ``` Package release are made, whether it is el8\_6, or el8\_6.1 or el8\_6.2.3 doesn’t really matter. It will happen, and it’s nothing unusual. Especially if el8\_6 is released, and later they fix it, so that is how you see here, so similar scenario. They won’t commit it to the same version because other people might have the older one installed, and they won’t get the bugfix. ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-8-6-kernel-jul-2022/6645/7 "2022-07-23T11:53:20Z")
Here another scenario: ```auto [root@rocky8 ~]# cat /etc/rocky-release Rocky Linux release 8.6 (Green Obsidian) ``` So I’m running Rocky 8.6, but wait I have Rocky 8.4 packages: ```auto [root@rocky8 ~]# rpm -qa | grep el8_4 libdb-5.3.28-42.el8_4.x86_64 libdb-utils-5.3.28-42.el8_4.x86_64 lz4-libs-1.8.3-3.el8_4.x86_64 ca-certificates-2021.2.50-80.0.el8_4.noarch ``` and I have Rocky 8.5 packages: ```auto [root@rocky8 ~]# rpm -qa | grep el8_5 libarchive-3.3.3-3.el8_5.x86_64 openssl-1.1.1k-6.el8_5.x86_64 gzip-1.9-13.el8_5.x86_64 zlib-1.2.11-18.el8_5.x86_64 cyrus-sasl-lib-2.1.27-6.el8_5.x86_64 openssl-libs-1.1.1k-6.el8_5.x86_64 polkit-libs-0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64 polkit-0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64 ``` I asked about this once here, it basically means those packages that were installed when I was on Rocky 8.4 or 8.5 haven’t updated yet, but in time they will when a package is released with a higher one than I have installed. Incidently, I could probably uninstall one of them, and it would then show el8 or el8\_6 as it would then pull from the Rocky 8.6 repos. ---
**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-8-6-kernel-jul-2022/6645/8 "2022-07-23T11:58:09Z")
OK, it makes sense about the mirrors; I just tried again and it’s back. I now see ```auto kernel-0:4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.0.1.x86_64 ``` maybe each time I tested this, it was using a different mirror and got a different result… ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-8-6-kernel-jul-2022/6645/9 "2022-07-23T12:01:55Z")
> [@gerry666uk](#): > > maybe each time I tested this, it was using a different mirror and got a different result… Yep, most likely since the repos by default use mirrorlist for performance. ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-8-6-kernel-jul-2022/6645/10 "2023-08-25T03:44:41Z")