On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 22:42 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 06:23:22PM -0400, seth vidal wrote: > > to be fair - you can do that now: > > > > #yum shell > > > update > > > transaction solve > > > > <error happens and it tells you what the problem is> > > > > > transaction reset > > > config exclude packagename > > > update > > > transaction solve > > > run > > etc etc etc. > > the yum shell code was written explicitly for this purpose. > > Or you can just do: > > $ yum -y upgrade [*] > $ <error happens and it tells you what the problem is> > $ yum -y upgrade --exclude="packagename" > etc etc etc > > Which is usually what I do because I'm too lazy to type stuff like > "transaction solve" and "transaction reset" and "run". > > > > > * upgrade is better than update! long live upgrade! umm - all that upgrade does is make sure that obsoletes is enabled before running the update. obsoletes are enabled by default these days so update == upgrade nine times out of 10. -sv -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list