There is another option mentioned in the archive, about updating /etc/yum.conf with a new reposdir=. This avoids updating/creating the repositories when the CentOS release rpm is updated with the next kernel release. Oracle and Redhat do not include the repository information in the primary release rpm, but provide optional rpms or methods to install the repositories. By separating the functionality of the rpm, this avoids these issues. I wish CentOS would follow the same process as well. <a href="https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/2018-February/msg00033.html">https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/2018-February/msg00033.html</a> # rpm -ql centos-release-7-5.1804.5.el7.centos.x86_64 |grep repo /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-CR.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Debuginfo.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Media.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Sources.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Vault.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-fasttrack.repo # rpm -ql oraclelinux-release-7.5-1.0.5.el7.x86_64 |grep repo # - Thanks and good luck From: "P.Cookson@bham.ac.uk" <P.Cookson@bham.ac.uk> To: "spacewalk-list@redhat.com" <spacewalk-list@redhat.com> Date: 02/22/2019 07:39 AM Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Disable downloading stock repos in CentOS Sent by: spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com <hr noshade> This email originated from outside of the company. Please use discretion if opening attachments or clicking on links. Hi Paul There are a few options to disable existing repo’s really: 1. Move existing related repo files to a different location (like you’ve described). mkdir /root/Original_Repos mv /etc/yum.repos.d/* /root/Original_Repos/ yum clean all and/orrm -rf /var/cache/yum 2. Temporarily disable during update. yum --disablerepo=<Repo Name> update 3. Permanently disable. Change the value of “enabled=” from 1 to 0 in /etc/yum.repos.d/<Repo Name> Regards Phil From: spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com <spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com> On Behalf Of pdeveau@uottawa.ca Sent: 22 February 2019 12:52 To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com Subject: [Spacewalk-list] Disable downloading stock repos in CentOS Hello, I would like to disable the downloading of the stock repos like Centos-Base.repo and the rest They get in the way when I perform upgrades (unless I'm doing something wrong?) I usually move the repos to a different directory so that yum does not see them. Thank you, -- Paul Deveau Analyste de systèmes principal|Senior Systems Analyst Technologies de l’information|Information Technology Université d’Ottawa|University of Ottawa<tt>_______________________________________________ Spacewalk-list mailing list Spacewalk-list@redhat.com </tt><a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list"><tt>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list</tt></a> ** This email and any attachments may contain information that is confidential and/or privileged for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any use, review, disclosure, copying, distribution or reliance by others, and any forwarding of this email or its contents, without the express permission of the sender is strictly prohibited by law. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately, delete the e-mail and destroy all copies. **