apper exclude packages?

[Rex Dieter]

Ed Greshko wrote:

> 
> 
> On 11/07/15 21:11, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>
>>
>> Am 07.11.2015 um 13:53 schrieb Kevin Kofler:
>>> Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>> I needed to downgrade the xorg-x11* packages on an F23 Vbox based
>>>> system so I can get the
>>>> drivers to run in full-screen.  I would like to have apper not tell me
>>>> that 14 packages
>>>> are available for update.  I can exclude them so dnf doesn't touch
>>>> them. I could hide Software Updates from the systray so it would be
>>>> less annoying and just use dnf...but
>>>> would like to be visually notified of updates.  I thought creating a
>>>> /etc/yum.conf with an exclude line would do the trick...but no.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Try putting the exclude into the .repo files, those are supposed to be
>>> honored by all the tools
>>
>> on F23 it's pretty sure /etc/dnf/dnf.conf and not yum.conf
> 
> I think my run on sentence may have confused folks.  I did put the exclude
> in the dnf.conf
> to silence dnf from trying to upgrade.  It had no effect on apper.  Now I
> have the exclude
> in all the enabled repos and still no joy.  :-(

I just tested this and it worked for me.  *However*, I did force a metadata 
refresh after making the change.

pkcon refresh force

try that ^^ ?

-- Rex