how to remove packages from yum upgrade

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 10:59:47AM -0500, Ken Schutte wrote:
> Paul Howarth wrote:
> >>
> >>Do I need more than 'yum remove' to have it completely ignore these 
> >>packages next time I try to upgrade?
> >
> >
> >It looks like your "yum remove" didn't work. Which kernel packages are 
> >actually still installed?
> >
> >$ rpm -qa '*kernel*'
> 
> Immediately after the 'yum remove',
> # rpm -qa 'kernel*'
> kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
> kernel-doc-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
> kernel-smp-devel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
> kernel-smp-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
> kernel-devel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
> 
yum --exclude=*kernel*" update 
will not update any rpm with the string kernel in its name.
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