In the Fedora Announce list there was a similar question today and they suggested to give yum the --exclude option: # yum --exclude NetworkManager update I guess you could worry about NetworkManager later. Would it work for you? ~af -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines