yum - prevent Redhat-Release update

[dbcooper]

Hello,

I was just wondering how do I stop "yum" from updating to the newest
redhat-release (I.E. Kernel) but continue to get all the newest packages?
I've looked at using the security plugin option, but I want to keep getting
everything that gets released (not just security updates).

I know in the 4 and below days we had the option to exclude items in the
up2date configuration, can I simply add exclude or skip lists in the yum
configuration file?

Thanks,