Re: dnf hold?

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On 11/20/2017 05:27:11 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 11/21/17 07:12, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> > On 11/20/2017 06:31:00 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> >> On 11/20/17 22:19, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> >>> Now that Mozilla has provided us with its latest and greatest
> (sic!)
> >> Firefox, I need to prevent updates to firefox. Dnf does not appear
> to
> >> provide a "don't update this" option. Any suggestions?
> >>
> >>
> >> Sure it does.
> >>
> >> Look at the man page for dnf.conf and check out the option
> >> "excludepkgs".  It can be
> >> placed either in the dnf.conf or in a specific repo file.
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> Fedora Users List - The place to go to speculate endlessly
> >>
> >>
> > Hmmmm ... let me guess. Feature added in the version included with
> Fedora 26? I'm running 25, alas. But thanks, anyways.
> >
> 
> NOPE....  As Samuel said, it has been around since the inception of
> dnf. 
> 
> It is actually "version lock" that was a later addition that came into
> being, I
> think, in F25 or F26.

Ah. For the record, its -x or --exclude. However,that will, "exclude packages by name or glob".  I'll give it a try. Thanks.
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