Re: yum Q (again)

From: Jeff Vian (jvian10_at_charter.net)
Date: 10/31/04

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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 22:23:26 -0500

    On Sat, 2004-10-30 at 21:36, Gene Heskett wrote:
    > Greetings;
    >
    > Yum version is 2.0.7, FC2 upgraded from RH8 machine.
    >
    > 1. I thought I had killed the automatic yum invocation, but it
    > apparently came back on for some reason and ran last night,
    > which is puzzling.
    >
    > 2. yum proceeded to update a bunch of stuffs last night sometime,
    > stuff that included libxml2, but its apparently a fresh package as
    > its dated yesterday in the cache.
    >
    > 3. yum etc is still working, which after previous experience,
    > plumb amazes me!
    >
    > 4. Whats wrong with this exclude line in my yum.conf inserted
    > below that would cause it to ignore my exclude of libxml2 stuffs?

    The exclude line needs to be in the [main] section.

    > -------------------
    > [main]
    > cachedir=/var/cache/yum
    > debuglevel=2
    > logfile=/var/log/yum.log
    > pkgpolicy=newest
    > distroverpkg=redhat-release
    > tolerant=1
    > exactarch=1
    > obsoletes=1
    > retries=20
    >
    > [updates-released]
    > name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates
    > baseurl=http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
    > exclude=kernel* kde* xorg* cups* gimp-print* pango* gimp* gtk2* libxml2* libxslt*
    > --------------
    >
    > --
    > Cheers, Gene
    > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
    > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
    > -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
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    > Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message
    > by Gene Heskett are:
    > Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. 

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