On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 14:46, Dave Stevens wrote: > ok, here is what I get: > > yum --help > > Usage: yum [options] <update | upgrade | install | info | remove | list | > clean | provides | search | check-update | groupinstall | > groupupdat e | > grouplist > > > Options: > -c [config file] - specify the config file to use > -e [error level] - set the error logging level > -d [debug level] - set the debugging level > -y answer yes to all questions > -t be tolerant about errors in package commands > -R [time in minutes] - set the max amount of time to randomly run > in. > -C run from cache only - do not update the cache > --installroot=[path] - set the install root (default '/') > --version - output the version of yum > --exclude=some_pkg_name - packagename to exclude - you can use > this more than once ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > --download-only - only download packages - do not run the > transaction > -h, --help this screen > > I have dug into it a bit and see a hole in the documentation. The yum help > file above does not mention exclude. Version is 2.0.7. Or is my yum out of > date? > Unless I am seeing things the line I marked above is --exclude=...... > man yum is no better, man yum.conf gives options under [main] and [servers] > > Michael do you want me to post the new yum.conf? > > dave One other thing of note. Unless you already have the package installed 'yum update' will do nothing with it except download headers for verification.
