How to tell yum to exclude updating a package

[JD]

On 04/14/2011 07:06 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 20:02 -0700, JD wrote:
>> I ran yum update as follows:
>>
>>
>> # yum -y -x=libmad -x=libmad-devel -x=vcdimager -x=vcdimager-libs
>> update
>>
>> but it still tried to update vcdimager, vcdimager-libs libmad and
>> libmad-devel
> To me the syntax od the yum -x option is unclear. Is -x=package-name the
> right form . I am not sure.
>
> The syntax of the --exclude option is clearly specified in the man page.
> I have always used --exclude and it worked.
Tha man page also says -x is equivalent --exclude