Re: yum tries to install the previous version of OOo

akonstam_at_trinity.edu
Date: 10/24/05

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    On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 06:33:10PM -0500, Steven P. Ulrick wrote:
    > On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:24:02 +0100
    > Paul Smith <phhs80@gmail.com> wrote:
    >
    > > On 10/24/05, Patrick Boutilier <boutilpj@ednet.ns.ca> wrote:
    > > > > I have just updated OpenOffice with the official version 2.0 rpms.
    > > > > Subsequently, when I run the command "yum update", it tries to
    > > > > install the version 1.9.125. How can I avoid that behavior of yum?
    > > >
    > > > Add openoffice* to your exclude in /etc/yum.conf
    > >
    > > Thanks, Patrick, but I do not find any "exclude" in /etc/yum.conf:
    > >
    > > # more /etc/yum.conf
    > > [main]
    > > cachedir=/var/cache/yum
    > > debuglevel=2
    > > logfile=/var/log/yum.log
    > > pkgpolicy=newest
    > > distroverpkg=redhat-release
    > > tolerant=1
    > > exactarch=1
    > > retries=20
    > > obsoletes=1
    > > gpgcheck=1
    > >
    > > # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
    > > # in /etc/yum.repos.d
    > > #
    > >
    > > Paul
    > >
    >
    > Hello, Paul
    > You can just add it yourself. Somewhere in the [main] section put the
    > following line:
    > exclude=openoffice*
    >
    > For example, your [main] section will now look like this:
    > [main]
    > cachedir=/var/cache/yum
    > debuglevel=2
    > logfile=/var/log/yum.log
    > pkgpolicy=newest
    > distroverpkg=redhat-release
    > tolerant=1
    > exactarch=1
    > retries=20
    > obsoletes=1
    > gpgcheck=1
    > exclude=openoffice*
    >
    > instead of what you pasted in your last email. This should do what you
    > want.
    >
    Or more simply run : yum --exclude="openoffice*" update 

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