On 04/14/2011 08:50 AM, Robert Nichols wrote: > On 04/14/2011 09:06 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. > No, that's not right. With the long form of the option, you can use either > "--exclude=libmad" or "--exclude libmad", but "-x=libmad" is equivalent to > a series of short flags "-x -= -l -i -b -m -a -d", and I'd rather not think > about what that's going to do. > What's interesting is that yum did not complain about the command args syntax at all. if -x=pkg is not correct, then yum should err out, but it does not. Maybe yum maintainer will see this and do something about it :) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
