selective yum update

Problem: I want to do frequent 'yum updates' however i want to exclude a few packages and stick to whatever versions I have

Solution: The yum.conf file is your saviour. All you need to do is add a

"exclude = foo"

in your /etc/yum.conf

If you've already run into trouble. You will have to downgrade to your favorite version first.

rpm -Uvh foo-0.0001 --oldpackage

And then of course fix your yum conf.

Learnt it the hard way. One fine soul (chhapri) happily did an update :)

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