On 3 Jun 2003, seth vidal wrote: > > When running a manual 'yum update', will yum only propose a > > transaction set which does not require an updated 'mysql', AND > > will not break (a la' --nodeps') 'mysql' requires? > > No, yum will attempt to update anything it sees an update for. > > if mysql* is in your excludes then it won't see the updates for mysql - > therefore it won't try them. > > if your update requires one of the mysql* files then yum will complain > and tell you it can't finish the update b/c mysql* is needed and it is > excluded. > > Does that help? It is a fine answer -- it will NOT silently break packages, which is enough for me. -- Russ Herrold
