On 11/21/17 13:23, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 11/20/2017 07:09 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: >> Ah. For the record, its -x or --exclude. However,that will, "exclude packages by >> name or glob". I'll give it a try. Thanks. > > That's on the dnf command line, not in the config file. > And, because I enjoy being pedantic..... [egreshko@meimei dnf]$ cat dnf.conf [main] gpgcheck=1 installonly_limit=3 clean_requirements_on_remove=True excludepkgs=NetworkManager* #fastestmirror=true [egreshko@meimei dnf]$ dnf check-update Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:48 ago on Tue 21 Nov 2017 01:59:16 PM CST. perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib.x86_64 2.075-1.fc27 updates postgresql-libs.x86_64 9.6.6-1.fc27 updates selinux-policy.noarch 3.13.1-283.16.fc27 updates selinux-policy-devel.noarch 3.13.1-283.16.fc27 updates selinux-policy-doc.noarch 3.13.1-283.16.fc27 updates selinux-policy-sandbox.noarch 3.13.1-283.16.fc27 updates selinux-policy-targeted.noarch 3.13.1-283.16.fc27 updates And then..... [egreshko@meimei dnf]$ cat dnf.conf [main] gpgcheck=1 installonly_limit=3 clean_requirements_on_remove=True #excludepkgs=NetworkManager* #fastestmirror=true [egreshko@meimei dnf]$ dnf check-update Last metadata expiration check: 0:03:38 ago on Tue 21 Nov 2017 01:59:16 PM CST. NetworkManager.x86_64 1:1.8.4-7.fc27 updates NetworkManager-adsl.x86_64 1:1.8.4-7.fc27 updates NetworkManager-bluetooth.x86_64 1:1.8.4-7.fc27 updates NetworkManager-config-connectivity-fedora.noarch 1:1.8.4-7.fc27 updates NetworkManager-glib.x86_64 1:1.8.4-7.fc27 updates NetworkManager-libnm.x86_64 1:1.8.4-7.fc27 updates NetworkManager-wifi.x86_64 1:1.8.4-7.fc27 updates NetworkManager-wwan.x86_64 1:1.8.4-7.fc27 updates perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib.x86_64 2.075-1.fc27 updates postgresql-libs.x86_64 9.6.6-1.fc27 updates selinux-policy.noarch 3.13.1-283.16.fc27 updates selinux-policy-devel.noarch 3.13.1-283.16.fc27 updates selinux-policy-doc.noarch 3.13.1-283.16.fc27 updates selinux-policy-sandbox.noarch 3.13.1-283.16.fc27 updates selinux-policy-targeted.noarch 3.13.1-283.16.fc27 updates So, when I read the man page for dnf.conf and see.... excludepkgs list Exclude packages of this repository, specified by a name or a glob and separated by a comma, from all operations. Can be disabled using --disableexcludes command line switch. I guess they weren't incorrect. Seems like a good job of parsing to me and "correcting" me wasn't necessary. :-) :-) -- Fedora Users List - The place to go to speculate endlessly
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