yum exclude not working

aoconnor · 03-15-2006, 06:02 PM

The yum exclude option in the yum.conf file doesn't seem to work for me.
I specifically exclude xine-lib, but yum fails a dependancy check for stuff that is required by xine-lib

I invoke yum as follows:

Code:

# yum -c ./yum.conf update

My yum.conf looks like:

Code:

[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
exclude=kernel kernel-smp kernel-smp-devel kernel-module-ntfs \
  nvidia-glx kernel-module-nvidia flash-plugin mozilla-acroread \
  mplayerplug-in w32codec mplayer-skins xine xine-lib xine-skins firefox
reposdir=

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d

[base]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

[updates-released]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

[extras]
name=Fedora Extras $releasever - $basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

[atrpms]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - ATrpms
enabled=0

[dag]
name=Dag RPM Repository for Fedora Core
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0

[dries]
name=Extra Fedora rpms dries - $releasever - $basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1

# $Id: freshrpms.repo 3341 2005-06-28 18:40:26Z thias $
[freshrpms]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Freshrpms
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1

[livna]
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1

[livna-testing]
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Testing
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1

[macromedia]
name=Macromedia for i386 Linux
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1

The end of the yum output is as follows:

Code:

--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: libfusion-0.9.so.22 for package: xine-lib
--> Processing Dependency: libdirect-0.9.so.22 for package: xine-lib
--> Processing Dependency: libdirectfb-0.9.so.22 for package: xine-lib
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: libdirect-0.9.so.22 is needed by package xine-lib
Error: Missing Dependency: libfusion-0.9.so.22 is needed by package xine-lib
Error: Missing Dependency: libdirectfb-0.9.so.22 is needed by package xine-lib

Does it make sense that yum would try to satisfy xine-lib dependencies when it is excluded?

Thanks

spooon · 03-15-2006, 06:49 PM

Yes, you just excluded it from being installed or updated. But if its dependencies are not satisfied, then that is not good. This happens, for example, if you try update the dependencies of xine-lib; since your (older) version of xine-lib depends on older versions of those dependencies, trying to update them will break the dependencies and it won't let you.

aoconnor · 03-16-2006, 12:33 PM

Is it at all possible to get yum to only update those packages which will not have to use specific repositories,
i.e. only update if the dependencies can be resolved through enabled repositories?