Can't log in as root in a console anymore, in F37

Sunday, 4 December 2022

So after running dnf update on Dec 2, I can no longer log in as root in
a console.  I shut down last night, and when I booted this morning, the
problem was there.  I can su to root, and the root account is still
present in /etc/shadow, as is the root directory.

I have seen that root is being removed from install unless explicitly
requested, but I thought that was only for new installs and existing
installs wouldn't be affected.

Does anyone have any ideas about what might have gone wrong?  Here is
the list of updates that caused the problem (if it was an update, and
there isn't something else going on).

2022-12-02T09:44:47-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: authselect-1.4.0-3.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:47-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: sane-backends-devel-1.1.1-9.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:47-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: gd-devel-2.3.3-6.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:47-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: libavif-devel-0.10.1-3.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:47-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: libass-devel-0.16.0-2.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:47-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: hplip-gui-3.22.10-1.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:47-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: hplip-3.22.10-1.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:48-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: libsane-hpaio-3.22.10-1.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:48-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: hplip-libs-3.22.10-1.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:48-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded:
sane-backends-drivers-scanners-1.1.1-9.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:48-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded:
sane-backends-drivers-cameras-1.1.1-9.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:48-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: sane-backends-1.1.1-9.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:49-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: sane-backends-libs-1.1.1-9.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:49-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: gd-progs-2.3.3-6.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:49-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: efl-1.26.3-1.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:50-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: python3-matplotlib-qt5-3.6.2-1.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:51-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: python3-matplotlib-gtk3-3.6.2-1.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:51-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: mock-3.4-1.fc37.noarch
2022-12-02T09:44:55-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: python3-matplotlib-3.6.2-1.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:55-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: python3-matplotlib-data-3.6.2-1.fc37.noarch
2022-12-02T09:44:55-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: gd-2.3.3-6.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:55-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: kf5-kimageformats-5.100.0-1.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:55-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: darktable-4.0.1-5.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:56-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded:
python3-matplotlib-data-fonts-3.6.2-1.fc37.noarch
2022-12-02T09:44:56-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: mock-filesystem-3.4-1.fc37.noarch
2022-12-02T09:44:56-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: hplip-common-3.22.10-1.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:56-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: php-phpspec-prophecy-1.15.0-3.fc37.noarch
2022-12-02T09:44:56-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: freeipa-healthcheck-core-0.11-5.fc37.noarch
2022-12-02T09:44:56-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: libavif-0.10.1-3.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:56-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: python3-matplotlib-tk-3.6.2-1.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:56-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: efl-devel-1.26.3-1.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:56-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: libass-0.16.0-2.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:56-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: authselect-libs-1.4.0-3.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:56-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: xdg-desktop-portal-gtk-1.14.0-2.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:56-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: python3-regex-2022.9.13-1.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:56-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: perl-Object-Pad-0.71-1.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:56-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: libbluray-1.3.3-1.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:56-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: darktable-tools-noise-4.0.1-5.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:56-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: certmonger-0.79.15-4.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:57-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: SDL2_image-2.6.1-1.fc37.x86_64
2022-12-02T09:44:57-0700 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: kiwi-tools-9.24.50-1.fc37.x86_64