Configuring yum with --exclude

[Rahul Sundaram]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> As I've installed Open Office and Mplayer from non-official sources, I
> must exclude them each time I update with yum. Is there a place that I
> can configure yum so that --exclude=mplayer* and --exclude=openoffice*
> will always be considered?

There isnt any "official" Fedora mplayer package. For a permanent 
exclude put "exclude= package x, package y .." in /etc/yum.conf. See 
#man yum.conf for details.

Rahul