On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 22:33:24 -0200, Vinicius <cviniciusm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Lee Tambiah escreveu: > > So yum avoids updating your kernel, do the following. > > > > 1. Open terminal. > > 2. Log in as Super User, Su - > > 3. enter: cd /etc/ > > 4. enter: ls yum.conf > > 5. yum.conf should appear > > 6. enter: gedit yum.conf or emacs yum.conf depending on your editor. > > 7. The following should be displayed: > > > > [main] > > > > cachedir=/var/cache/yum > > debuglevel=2 > > logfile=/var/log/yum.log > > pkgpolicy=newest > > distroverpkg=redhat-release > > tolerant=1 > > exactarch=1 > > retries=20 > > obsoletes=1 > > gpgcheck=1 > > > > # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo > > # in /etc/yum.repos.d > > > > 8. Below [main] add the following:- > > exclude=kernel > > 9. Save and exit. > > 10. Now yum will not update your kernel. > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > L Tambiah - Linux Enthusiast > > Does this excludes kernel-utils too? > No. If you want to exclude kernel-utils also, then add it to the exclude line. The exclude line will accept wildcards though, so you could simply change it to read the "exclude=kernel*" which will stop updating kernel, kernel-utils, kernel-source, etc.
