[Spacewalk-list] Exclude packages from installing via client configuration

[Michal Bruncko]

yes, currently I can use standard client-local exclusion procedure using 
/etc/yum.conf with "exclude" directive - packages will not be installed, 
but:
- Spacewalk is not avare about it and it will always show that there are 
updated packages available
- this directive cannot be applied per repository, but instead it have 
global impact for system - i.e. if I once exclude packageXYZ from 
installation, it will be excluded from all repositories and all versions.

..and of course this is not very sufficient

thanks for any ideas

michal

On 17. 4. 2013 12:25, Michal Bruncko wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> sorry for raising this very old thread. but it looks actual for me as 
> I cannot find similar feature in last spacewalk. please can someone 
> confirm if this feature is implemented or not?
> very simple example: I've subscribed for several clients a new 
> respository (centos alt), but I dont want to use certain packages from 
> this repo (as postfix, mysql libs and so on). It's possible to exclude 
> it somehow from list of available packages? excluding may have global 
> impact (for all subscribed clients) or local (based on selected 
> hosts). any of both options will be fine.
>
> thanks for response in advance
>
> michal
>
> On 11. 7. 2011 15:16, JDFire wrote:
>> Hello List,
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas as to what is going on?
>>
>> It seems like my email might be going to spam as all questions I have 
>> asked have not received a response. If you see this email please 
>> respond with any assistance you can provide.
>>
>> Thank you for your time and have a great day!
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> JD
>>
>> On Jul 7, 2011, at 4:39 PM, <jdfire at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello List,
>>>
>>> I have a Spacewalk 1.4 installation that I am trying to exclude a 
>>> certain package from installing on certain servers. I have added the 
>>> exclude = packagename*  to the /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/rhnplugin.conf 
>>> file and perform yum commands and this works fine. When I perform a 
>>> package install via Spacewalk and select the package that should be 
>>> excluded and try to install that package it actually installs the 
>>> package. Is there anything that I could do to stop the package from 
>>> installing from the web ui?
>>>
>>> Thank you for your time and have a great day!
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> JD
>>>
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Ing. Michal Bruncko, PhD., CCNP
IT systems and network administrator
Coupled school of business and services Ruzomberok
Slovak Republic