On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 14:35 -0400, Kelly wrote:
> Regardless of anything else, there really ought to be a way to mark a
> package/set of packages as IMPORTANT and get yum/whatever to issue a
> warning
> ("Warning: removing this component may break the system/prevent you
> from
> using GUI/whatever; are you sure you want to to do this?") if one of
> these
> important packages is marked for removal.
Your wishes are granted already!
[renich@renich ~]$ yum info yum-versionlock
Loading "fedorakmod" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Available Packages
Name : yum-versionlock
Arch : noarch
Version: 1.1.1
Release: 1.fc7
Size : 7.2 k
Repo : extras-development
Summary: Yum plugin to lock specified packages from being updated
Description:
This plugin allows certain packages specified in a file to be protected
from being updated by
newer versions.
[renich@renich ~]$ yum info yum-protectbase
Loading "fedorakmod" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Available Packages
Name : yum-protectbase
Arch : noarch
Version: 1.1.1
Release: 1.fc7
Size : 7.3 k
Repo : extras-development
Summary: Yum plugin to protect packages from certain repositories.
Description:
This plugin allows certain repositories to be protected. Packages in the
protected repositories can't be overridden by packages in non-protected
repositories even if the non-protected repo has a later version.
It's hard to be free... but I love to struggle!
Renich Bon Ciric
Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
http://www.woralelandia.com/ <-> http://www.introbella.com/
