Yum Kernel Solution

Vinicius cviniciusm at terra.com.br
Thu Jan 27 00:33:24 UTC 2005


Lee Tambiah escreveu:
> So yum avoids updating your kernel, do the following.
> 
> 1. Open terminal.
> 2. Log in as Super User, Su -
> 3. enter: cd /etc/
> 4. enter: ls yum.conf
> 5. yum.conf should appear
> 6. enter: gedit yum.conf or emacs yum.conf depending on your editor.
> 7. The following should be displayed:
> 
> [main]
> 
> cachedir=/var/cache/yum
> debuglevel=2
> logfile=/var/log/yum.log
> pkgpolicy=newest
> distroverpkg=redhat-release
> tolerant=1
> exactarch=1
> retries=20
> obsoletes=1
> gpgcheck=1
> 
> # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
> # in /etc/yum.repos.d
> 
> 8. Below [main] add the following:-
> exclude=kernel
> 9. Save and exit.
> 10. Now yum will not update your kernel.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> L Tambiah - Linux Enthusiast

Does this excludes kernel-utils too?




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