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Old 07-22-2011, 08:19 AM   #1
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How to yum update everything except a certain one

I read the man page for yum, but maybe i'm missing it. Is there a way to have yum update everything that needs updating except for a certain thing? basically I want to say something like yum update everything except vsftpd, for example.
 
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Hi there,

Read up on the --exclude switch.
 
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Thanks. Can't believe I missed that, time for my Mt. Dew! LOL
 
  


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