Re: yum - lack of features

[Adam Gibson <agibson ptm com>]

William Hooper wrote:
> Adam Gibson wrote:
>
> > I wish yum supported excludes per repository for that reason.  I
> > sometimes want to use a repository but dont want that 3rd party repo to
> > ever update some core packages.  Placing an excludes in a section for a
> > specific repo doesn't seem to work.
>
>
> WORKSFORME.  Perhaps you can provide details on what doesn't seem to work
> for you?

Wow. it does work :).  I remember trying this in FC3 and it would not 
ignore a package from a repo but I guess it must have been a typo or 
something on my part.

> > It would be nice to have the opposite
> > of that too so that you could state that only the packages I list here
> > should be updated from this specific repository(sometimes you just want a
> > few packages from a certian repo.
>
>
> That's what "includepkgs" is for.

Hmmm... what other features can I think of that will just materialize 
with the next reply.  Kitchen sinks seem to come to mind :).

Thanks for the information...  Both of those features are well 
documented in the man page... I should have looked again before posting. 
 I somehow missed them last time I browsed the man page in FC3.