[Puppet Users] Re: solution: excluding packages via yum

2009-01-07 Thread Jeffrey Hulten
For my money the best solution is to use Puppet to manage the yum.conf files and put your excludes there... But that is me. On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Arnau Bria wrote: > > Hi all, > > sorry for breaking the threat, I don't know where the OP is. > > anyway, Tim Harper provided yum_plus in

[Puppet Users] Re: solution: excluding packages via yum

2008-12-31 Thread Tim Harper
OK, I misunderstood you, I interpreted you were saying there was a puppet "yum" type (as in an enhanced version of the package type). Still, this is a great approach and solves the issue. Thank you very much. Tim On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:51 PM, gary wrote: > > Hello Tim, > > You can specify

[Puppet Users] Re: solution: excluding packages via yum

2008-12-31 Thread gary
Hello Tim, You can specify a repo like this: [mysql-percona] ... enabled=1 priority=20 exclude=mysql-devel,... http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/ProtectBase http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities I have the CentOS repos mostly set at priority 1 and then EPEL at a lo

[Puppet Users] Re: solution: excluding packages via yum

2008-12-31 Thread Tim Harper
Hi Gary, That sounds fantastic. I was looking for such a thing - where can I find it? Tim On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 8:06 PM, gary wrote: > > Hello Tim, > > Yum also supports specifying priorities and exclusions per repo. :) > The puppet yum repo type also lets you configure these settings. > > G

[Puppet Users] Re: solution: excluding packages via yum

2008-12-30 Thread gary
Hello Tim, Yum also supports specifying priorities and exclusions per repo. :) The puppet yum repo type also lets you configure these settings. Gary On Dec 31, 3:26 am, "Tim Harper" wrote: > Here's a breadcrumb for someone who runs into this themselves. > > I ran into an issue where I had the