On Fri, 2007-08-03 at 15:41 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > >> Use the --exclude=[package] option like > >> # yum update --exclude=kernel* > > > The above will not work since the * will be expanded by the shell not > > yum. > > Are you sure? > My impression is that it is only expanded if you happen to have > a file called kernel* in the current directory. > If it doesn't find anything yum does expand the argument, I think? > > However, I always say: yum update --exclude=kernel\* > In most expansion cases, the backslash is the escape character, so your commands are the same, I think. Regards, Les H
