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2007 Jul 27
1
Is installonly option needed?
I just updated to the most recent version of yum. I noticed that my yum.conf file had changed. The old one has: installonlypkgs=kernel kernel-smp kernel-devel kernel-smp-devel kernel-largesmp kernel-largesmp-devel kernel-hugemem kernel-hugemem-devel The new one does not have this option listed. I don't remember if that was a default setting or if I added it in. Do I need that line to be there? I noticed that w...
2007 Nov 03
4
Questions about kernel updates
...broke my box and I had to drop back to 2.6.18-8.1.14.el5 before I could play DVDs with either Xine or mplayer. ( xine-0.99.5-1.el5.rf & mplayer-1.0-0.36.rc1try2.el5.rf ). This is no big deal to me -- as long as I can make certain that the older kernel doesn't go away. If I understand the installonly plugin correctly, an entry of tokeep=4 in /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/installonlyn.conf will cause yum to leave the working kernel in place through 2 more upgrades. Aside from setting tokeep to an insanely large value, is there any way to insure that yum will concern itself only with installing update...
2009 Sep 23
1
installonlypkgs vs. exclude in yum.conf
HI, with "exclude" in yum.conf I can exclude kernel-updates via: exclude=kernel* If I use installonlypkgs, what happend exactly? Like: installonlypkgs=kernel kernel-smp kernel-devel kernel-smp-devel kernel-largesmp kernel-largesmp-devel kernel-hugemem kernel-hugemem-devel What's the difference betwenn update and installonly? Thanx! ttyl, Django -- "Bonnie & Clyde der...
2019 Mar 26
2
do not uninstall old when yum install new
Hi, I have a specific needs that requires yum do not to uninstall old version when install new one. For example, I found that yum install kernel will install new kernel, and old kernel will remained. But yum install <something-else> will uninstall old version after install new one, how to disable it? Thanks.
2019 Mar 26
0
do not uninstall old when yum install new
...old > version when install new one. For example, I found that > yum install kernel > will install new kernel, and old kernel will remained. But > yum install <something-else> > will uninstall old version after install new one, how to disable it? >From yum.conf(5): installonlypkgs List of package provides that should only ever be installed, never updated. Kernels in particular fall into this category. Defaults to kernel, kernel-bigmem, kernel-enter- prise, kernel-smp, kernel-debug, kernel-unsupported, kernel- source, kernel-devel, kernel-PAE, kernel-PAE-debug. No...