yum update blocked for now

[seth vidal]

On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 21:52 -0500, Gerry Tool wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 22:42 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> 
> > Or you can just do:
> > 
> > $ yum -y upgrade  [*] 
> > $ <error happens and it tells you what the problem is>
> > $ yum -y upgrade --exclude="packagename"
> > etc etc etc
> 
> However, "etc" can be endless because it is sometimes not clear what one
> should include in "packagename" due to linked dependencies.  Excluding
> one package often results in more broken dependencies.
> 

yes, true.

one of the many reasons why doing 'try your best and continue' is not
all that easy.

-sv