Re: skipping xmms package updates?

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

On Sat, 2006-09-02 at 21:23 -0400, Ferindo Middleton wrote:
> I've uninstalled xmms from my system and went to www.xmms.org to
> reinstall the package using the rpm provided at the site so I can play
> mp3 files. How do I stop this package from being updated and
> overwritten during nightly yum updates so that I don't end up
> automatically going back to a fedora channel distribution that can't
> play mp3 files? 
> 
> Ferindo
The obvious waqy is to put in yum.conf the line:
exclude=xmms
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