Re: How to tell yum to exclude updating a package

2011-04-14 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:43:42 -0700, J wrote: > However, after I installed libmad0 from atrpms, > yum update still wanted to install libmad from rpmfusion!!! In the first post in this thread you wrote: > ---> Package libmad-devel.i586 0:0.15.1b-13.fc12 set to be updated Why did you install libm

Re: How to tell yum to exclude updating a package

2011-04-14 Thread JD
On 04/14/2011 01:14 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: >>> To me the syntax od the yum -x option is unclear. Is -x=package-name the >>> right form . I am not sure. >> No, that's not right. With the long form of the option, you can use either >> "--exclude=libmad" or "--exclude libmad", but "-x=libmad" is eq

Re: How to tell yum to exclude updating a package

2011-04-14 Thread JD
On 04/14/2011 12:15 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:49:48 -0700, J wrote: > >> On 04/14/2011 03:53 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote: >>> On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:06:53 -0700, J wrote: >>> On 04/13/2011 08:15 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: > Have you tried --skip-broken? > > R

Re: How to tell yum to exclude updating a package

2011-04-14 Thread Aaron Konstam
> > > > To me the syntax od the yum -x option is unclear. Is -x=package-name the > > right form . I am not sure. > > No, that's not right. With the long form of the option, you can use either > "--exclude=libmad" or "--exclude libmad", but "-x=libmad" is equivalent to > a series of short flags "

Re: How to tell yum to exclude updating a package

2011-04-14 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:49:48 -0700, J wrote: > On 04/14/2011 03:53 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:06:53 -0700, J wrote: > > > >> On 04/13/2011 08:15 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: > >>> Have you tried --skip-broken? > >>> > >>> Richard > >>> > >> Found out the syntax to insert int

Re: How to tell yum to exclude updating a package

2011-04-14 Thread JD
On 04/14/2011 08:50 AM, Robert Nichols wrote: > On 04/14/2011 09:06 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: >> On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 20:02 -0700, JD wrote: >>> I ran yum update as follows: >>> >>> >>> # yum -y -x=libmad -x=libmad-devel -x=vcdimager -x=vcdimager-libs >>> update >>> >>> but it still tried to update

Re: How to tell yum to exclude updating a package

2011-04-14 Thread JD
On 04/14/2011 07:06 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 20:02 -0700, JD wrote: >> I ran yum update as follows: >> >> >> # yum -y -x=libmad -x=libmad-devel -x=vcdimager -x=vcdimager-libs >> update >> >> but it still tried to update vcdimager, vcdimager-libs libmad and >> libmad-devel >

Re: How to tell yum to exclude updating a package

2011-04-14 Thread JD
On 04/14/2011 06:19 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:25 PM, JD wrote: >> On 04/13/2011 08:15 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: >>> Have you tried --skip-broken? >>> >>> Richard >>> >> Yes I have, but I was hoping for a cleaner way, since >> -x is documented in the yum man page. >> skippi

Re: How to tell yum to exclude updating a package

2011-04-14 Thread Robert Nichols
On 04/14/2011 09:06 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 20:02 -0700, JD wrote: >> I ran yum update as follows: >> >> >> # yum -y -x=libmad -x=libmad-devel -x=vcdimager -x=vcdimager-libs >> update >> >> but it still tried to update vcdimager, vcdimager-libs libmad and >> libmad-devel >

Re: How to tell yum to exclude updating a package

2011-04-14 Thread JD
On 04/14/2011 03:53 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:06:53 -0700, J wrote: > >> On 04/13/2011 08:15 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: >>> Have you tried --skip-broken? >>> >>> Richard >>> >> Found out the syntax to insert into the .repo file is >> >> exclude=pkg1 pkg2 pkg3... etc > Do you

Re: How to tell yum to exclude updating a package

2011-04-14 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 20:02 -0700, JD wrote: > I ran yum update as follows: > > > # yum -y -x=libmad -x=libmad-devel -x=vcdimager -x=vcdimager-libs > update > > but it still tried to update vcdimager, vcdimager-libs libmad and > libmad-devel To me the syntax od the yum -x option is unclear. I

Re: How to tell yum to exclude updating a package

2011-04-14 Thread Richard Shaw
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:25 PM, JD wrote: > On 04/13/2011 08:15 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: >> >> Have you tried --skip-broken? >> >> Richard >> > Yes I have, but I was hoping for a cleaner way, since > -x is documented in the yum man page. > skipping broken is too much of a sledgehammer and > hides

Re: How to tell yum to exclude updating a package

2011-04-14 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:06:53 -0700, J wrote: > On 04/13/2011 08:15 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: > > > > Have you tried --skip-broken? > > > > Richard > > > Found out the syntax to insert into the .repo file is > > exclude=pkg1 pkg2 pkg3... etc Do you need libmad-devel for compiling software? Else rem

Re: How to tell yum to exclude updating a package

2011-04-13 Thread JD
On 04/13/2011 08:15 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: > > Have you tried --skip-broken? > > Richard > Found out the syntax to insert into the .repo file is exclude=pkg1 pkg2 pkg3... etc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedorap

Re: How to tell yum to exclude updating a package

2011-04-13 Thread JD
On 04/13/2011 08:15 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: > > Have you tried --skip-broken? > > Richard > Yes I have, but I was hoping for a cleaner way, since -x is documented in the yum man page. skipping broken is too much of a sledgehammer and hides problems that should be seen.. In my case I want to avoid p

Re: How to tell yum to exclude updating a package

2011-04-13 Thread Richard Shaw
Have you tried --skip-broken? Richard -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

How to tell yum to exclude updating a package

2011-04-13 Thread JD
I ran yum update as follows: # yum -y -x=libmad -x=libmad-devel -x=vcdimager -x=vcdimager-libs update but it still tried to update vcdimager, vcdimager-libs libmad and libmad-devel Can I exclude these packages in the rpmfusion repo file? What's the syntax for exclusion there? As you can see b