Excluding packages with Yum

Jeff · 01-12-2011, 06:42 PM

Many Linux servers are configured to update automatically. I never liked this, but some clients want it this way. You can however at least configure yum to exclude some packages from automatically updating. For my, I want to BE THERE when PHP, Kernel, Apache, or MySQL updates. Edit the /etc/yum.conf file and add this line at the end (if it isn't there):

Code:

exclude=kernel* php* httpd* MySQL* mysql*

Also, you may want to make sure assumeyes is disabled:

Code:

assumeyes=0

That will keep it from updating/installing packages without confirming first.

When it comes time to update manually, just do it like so:

Code:

yum update --disableexcludes=all

Hope that little trick helps!

01-12-2011, 06:42 PM	#1
Jeff Administrator Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 402 Rep Power: 10	Excluding packages with Yum Many Linux servers are configured to update automatically. I never liked this, but some clients want it this way. You can however at least configure yum to exclude some packages from automatically updating. For my, I want to BE THERE when PHP, Kernel, Apache, or MySQL updates. Edit the /etc/yum.conf file and add this line at the end (if it isn't there): Code: exclude=kernel* php* httpd* MySQL* mysql* Also, you may want to make sure assumeyes is disabled: Code: assumeyes=0 That will keep it from updating/installing packages without confirming first. When it comes time to update manually, just do it like so: Code: yum update --disableexcludes=all Hope that little trick helps!
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