[Leaplist] YUM question

[William A. Mahaffey III]

On 03/05/10 19:07, Ray Brunkow wrote:
> How can I update yum (centos 5.x) and exclude kernel updates and 
> prevent yum from removing my currently kernel?
>
> Thanks.
>


from the man page under 'General options':

        -x, --exclude=package
               Exclude a specific package by name or glob from updates 
on all repositories.  Configuration Option:
               exclude


so I think it would be 'yum -y -x kernel upgrade yum' .... YMMV & all 
that ....


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