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When I run yum update, it lists the packages that it will upgrade. For one of the packages, kernel, it lists it under the "Installing" header. All other packages are listed under the "Upgrading" header. Why does it say that is "Installing" that package? The current version of that package is 4.14.104-95.84.amzn2 and it will be upgraded/installed to 4.14.114-103.97.amzn2. This is not even a major version change, in which case, it might have made sense. Is there a general case where this happens? Or is this only specific to kernel and related packages, since they are special in a sense?

bornfree
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euphoria83
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  • Thank you for the feedback. I have posted the question on SuperUser here https://superuser.com/questions/1432948/why-does-yum-update-says-it-is-installing-one-of-the-packages . Please feel free to delete this question. – euphoria83 May 04 '19 at 14:14

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From here - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8-beta/html/managing_monitoring_and_updating_the_kernel/updating-kernel-with-yum_managing-monitoring-and-updating-the-kernel

The yum package manager always installs a new kernel instead of replacing the current one, which could potentially leave your system unbootable.

The system must be rebooted after installing kernel package for consistency, integrity reasons.

Also yum handles updating the kernel package so that end-user need not worry about upgrading or installing it.

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  • I was advised to move this question to SuperUser. I have posted the question here https://superuser.com/questions/1432948/why-does-yum-update-says-it-is-installing-one-of-the-packages . If you wish, you can repost your answer there, since I did find it helpful. Thank you for answering it. – euphoria83 May 04 '19 at 14:16
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    sure thanks for the info & tag @euphoria83 – Shreyas May 04 '19 at 19:43