yum problem after bad shutdown

[Timothy Murphy]

david walcroft wrote:

>> But my main query is how to deal with the requirement for kdebase3.
>> I do not seem to have any file of that name,
>> and do not see where it would come from.
>>
>> Any and all suggestions and advice gratefully received.
>>
>>   
> In your yum.conf did you use  'exclude=kde* ' on mine it stopped the
> downloading of any kde packages.

I did try that earlier, and it did indeed allow me
to update all except the kde files.