>> Hello, >> >> I'm new to Yum and I'm trying to find out if there is a way to exclude a >> list of packages from being updated when issuing the "update" command. >> > > at the risk of sounding rude. > read the yum.conf man page > search for the word 'exclude' > > -sv Thanks Seth. I didn't notice that there was a man page for the yum.conf file. Now that I look at the bottom of the yum man page, I can see that it is listed there. Thanks. OH, and Tom Diehl, thanks for your "help" too. -Nick Voth