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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 wit...

...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 updates,...

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 Po...

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.

...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. Note...