yum update blocked for now
seth vidal
skvidal at linux.duke.edu
Wed Aug 9 02:57:44 UTC 2006
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
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