Exclude syntax for yum

[Charles Curley]

On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 03:20:52AM +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am Do, den 09.09.2004 schrieb Charles Curley um 2:56:
> 
> > I would like to exclude a particular kernel from one machine. I have
> > edited yum.conf like so:
> > 
> > exclude=kernel-2.6.8-1.521.i586
> > 
> > I still get that kernel in my list of upgrades. How do I specify it
> > correctly?
> 
> Hm, yum will only update to the latest kernel available. So there is
> normally no need to exclude any specific version. 

If the latest version is the one you want to exclude.

> But if you like I would try
> 
> exclude=kernel#2.6.8-1.521

Nope, didn't work. Nor did:

exclude=kernel#2.6.8-1.521.i586

However, this does work:

exclude=kernel

So I will leave it like that until the next kernel is released.

The yum version is 2.0.7.

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