Configuring yum with --exclude

[Dotan Cohen]

On 26/04/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > As I've installed Open Office and Mplayer from non-official sources, I
> > must exclude them each time I update with yum. Is there a place that I
> > can configure yum so that --exclude=mplayer* and --exclude=openoffice*
> > will always be considered?
>
> There isnt any "official" Fedora mplayer package. For a permanent
> exclude put "exclude= package x, package y .." in /etc/yum.conf. See
> #man yum.conf for details.
>
> Rahul
>

Thanks, Rahul. That is where I found it. Googling didn't help, then I
asked here, then turned to the man. I should have gone there first...