8.8. Disabling automatic subscription to the live patching stream
When you subscribe your system to fixes delivered by the kernel patch module, your subscription is automatic. You can disable this feature, to disable automatic installation of kpatch-patch packages.
Prerequisites
- You have root permissions on the system.
Procedure
Optional: Check all installed kernels and the kernel you are currently running:
# dnf list installed | grep kernel Updating Subscription Management repositories. Installed Packages ... kernel-core.x86_64 6.12.0-0.el10 @beaker-BaseOS kernel-core.x86_64 6.12.0-0.el10 @@commandline ... # uname -r 6.12.0-0.el10_0.x86_64Disable automatic subscription to kernel live patches:
# dnf kpatch manual Updating Subscription Management repositories.See
kpatch(1)anddnf-kpatch(8)manual pages for more information.
Verification
You can check for the successful outcome:
# yum kpatch status ... Updating Subscription Management repositories. Last metadata expiration check: 0:30:41 ago on Tue Jun 14 15:59:26 2022. Kpatch update setting: manual