How to disable yum update for some packages?

[Paul Smith]

On 3/4/06, jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > In last update i had some problems with new versions of some
> > > libraries. So i need to disable yum update for some packages? Is this
> > > possible?
> >
> > See --exclude option.
>
> Would look something like this;
> obsoletes=1
> gpgcheck=1
> metadata_expire=1800
> exclude= mysql* MySQL-client MySQL-server

Notice that you can make the exclusion specific to a chosen repository.

Paul