Hi,

checks if a newer version of kpartx exist, yes it does kpartx installed version is 0.8.3 and the newer version is 0.8.4.

yum upgrade kpartx nor yum update kpartx cannot install the latest kpartx package.

Please help, Thanks

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check if newer kpartx exists

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yum -v info kpartx
Installed Packages
Name : kpartx
Version : 0.8.3
Release : 3.el8_2.2
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 72 k
Source : device-mapper-multipath-0.8.3-3.el8_2.2.src.rpm
Repository : @System
Packager : Red Hat, Inc. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
Buildtime : Fri 17 Jul 2020 03:16:56 PM EDT
Install time : Wed 22 Jul 2020 03:49:12 PM EDT
Summary : Partition device manager for device-mapper devices
URL : http://christophe.varoqui.free.fr/
License : GPLv2
Description : kpartx manages partition creation and removal for device-mapper devices.

Available Packages
Name : kpartx
Version : 0.8.4
Release : 5.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 108 k
Source : device-mapper-multipath-0.8.4-5.el8.src.rpm
Repository : rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
Packager : Red Hat, Inc. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
Buildtime : Mon 13 Jul 2020 09:54:06 PM EDT
Summary : Partition device manager for device-mapper devices
URL : http://christophe.varoqui.free.fr/
License : GPLv2
Description : kpartx manages partition creation and removal for device-mapper devices.

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yum update kpartx results

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yum update kpartx
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Last metadata expiration check: 0:28:13 ago on Sat 29 May 2021 04:02:36 PM EDT.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!

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yum upgrade kpartx results

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yum upgrade kpartx
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Last metadata expiration check: 0:28:34 ago on Sat 29 May 2021 04:02:36 PM EDT.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!