I can't make sense of this output, can you?
# rpm -q kernel-core kernel-core-6.9.9-100.fc39.x86_64 kernel-core-6.9.12-200.fc40.x86_64 kernel-core-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64
# rpm -V kernel-core-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64
# dnf -y reinstall kernel-core-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64 Last metadata expiration check: 2:37:23 ago on Sun 11 Aug 2024 07:37:49 AM PDT. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================ Package Architecture Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Reinstalling: kernel-core x86_64 6.10.3-200.fc40 updates 17 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Total download size: 17 M Installed size: 69 M Downloading Packages: kernel-core-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64.rpm 6.4 MB/s | 17 MB 00:02 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5.5 MB/s | 17 MB 00:03 Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Reinstalling : kernel-core-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64 1/2 Running scriptlet: kernel-core-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64 1/2 Running scriptlet: kernel-core-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64 2/2 Cleanup : kernel-core-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64 2/2 Running scriptlet: kernel-core-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64 2/2 dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64 dkms: autoinstall for kernel 6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64 Done. Reinstalled: kernel-core-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64 Complete!
# rpm -V kernel-core-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64
# rpm -ql kernel-core-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64 /boot/.vmlinuz-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64.hmac /boot/System.map-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64 /boot/config-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64 /boot/initramfs-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64.img /boot/symvers-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64.xz /boot/vmlinuz-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64 /lib/modules /lib/modules/6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64 /lib/modules/6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64/.vmlinuz.hmac /lib/modules/6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64/System.map /lib/modules/6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64/config /lib/modules/6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64/modules.builtin /lib/modules/6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64/modules.builtin.modinfo /lib/modules/6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64/symvers.xz /lib/modules/6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64/vmlinuz /usr/share/licenses/kernel-core /usr/share/licenses/kernel-core/COPYING-6.10.3-200.fc40
# for x in $(rpm -ql kernel-core-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64); do ls -d $x; done /usr/bin/ls: cannot access '/boot/.vmlinuz-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64.hmac': No such file or directory /usr/bin/ls: cannot access '/boot/System.map-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64': No such file or directory /usr/bin/ls: cannot access '/boot/config-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64': No such file or directory /usr/bin/ls: cannot access '/boot/initramfs-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64.img': No such file or directory /boot/symvers-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64.xz /usr/bin/ls: cannot access '/boot/vmlinuz-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64': No such file or directory /lib/modules /lib/modules/6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64 /lib/modules/6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64/.vmlinuz.hmac /lib/modules/6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64/System.map /lib/modules/6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64/config /lib/modules/6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64/modules.builtin /lib/modules/6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64/modules.builtin.modinfo /lib/modules/6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64/symvers.xz /lib/modules/6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64/vmlinuz /usr/share/licenses/kernel-core /usr/share/licenses/kernel-core/COPYING-6.10.3-200.fc40
So, what happened to kernel 6.10.3-200? RPM -V says the package is complete but the files are not there!