/etc/yum/protected.d/ content thwarts yum update/upgrade

[Felix Miata]

I have one package I want to keep from being replaced, so I created a file in 
protected.d/ according to 
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/14/html-single/Software_Management_Guide/ 
(couldn't find a newer than 14), which is about the only doc I could find 
addressing protecting packages. Quick search on Bugzilla found nothing 
searching for protected.d/. Is it not possible to yum update/upgrade if one 
(non-essential) package is protected this way, and not have to specify 
individual packages to upgrade? --skip-broken doesn't help. Update/upgrade 
simply halts after listing packages with 'Error: Trying to remove 
"<protected-package>", which is protected'.
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