dnf5-security-updates-knowledge-patch
Installation
SKILL.md
DNF5 Security Updates Knowledge Patch
Baseline: DNF5 through 5.1.x and Fedora 40-era behavior. Covered range: subsequent DNF5, Fedora 41+, Fedora 43, and RHEL 10 behavior through 2026.04.07.
Use the references
Load the reference matching the task before changing package-management code, commands, configuration, or automation. Preserve distribution scope: upstream DNF5, Fedora, Rocky Linux, and RHEL can ship different command forms, packages, defaults, and systemd units.
| Reference | Topics |
|---|---|
| security-and-automatic-updates.md | Advisory scopes and schemas, strict filters, minimal fixes, automatic configuration, emitters, timers |
| transactions-upgrades-and-history.md | Check/upgrade behavior, stored and offline transactions, history/replay, system upgrades, restart detection |
| repositories-packages-and-queries.md | Repository provenance and creation, downloads, comps, package reasons, repoquery, versionlock |
| configuration-policies-and-plugins.md | Precedence, variables, metadata/cache, solver controls, signatures, locks, plugins, vendor policy |
| automation-apis-and-ansible.md | JSON and exit contracts, D-Bus daemon, libdnf5 API changes, native plugins, Ansible |
| migration-and-platform-notes.md | DNF4 migration, Fedora 41 handoff, ABI/package constraints, RHEL 10 safety and platform forms |