Not upgrading a kernel on yum update

Kam Leo kam.leo at gmail.com
Mon Nov 12 06:47:10 UTC 2007


On Nov 10, 2007 11:19 PM, Martin Hooper <martin.hooper at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to stop the kernel getting updated?
>
> I am using livna's ati drivers and as the kernel is getting upgraded
> its not installing.
>
> This is the Error I'm getting.
>
>
> ---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.23.1-49.fc8 set to be updated
>
> Missing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 is needed by package
> kmod-fglrx-2.6.23.1-42.fc8
>
> trying to use yum's exclude option and that's not working either
>
> sudo yum --exclude=kernel-i686 update
>
> How would I go about configuring the excludes by hand?
>
> --
> Martin Hooper
> http://www.martinjh.myby.co.uk

"man yum.conf"




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