Exclude package from update?

[Bob Chiodini]

On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 10:32 -0500, Mark Haney wrote:
> Maybe a really stupid question, but is there a way (similar to
> package.mask in Gentoo) to exclude a package from being updated with
> yum?  I've installed the CACTI rpm from the main site, since I like how
> it installs things better than the Extras version.  But any time I want
> to update, it gets included and blows away my config.  (Thank goodness
> for backups)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ita erat quando hic adveni.
> 
> Mark Haney
> Sr. Systems Administrator
> ERC Broadband
> (828) 350-2415
> 
Mark,

Include the exclude option in yum.conf.  Man yum.conf

Bob...