There is a file, /etc/yum.conf, where you put "exclude=packagefoo*" to tell yum not to mess with a particular package. I had to use it for OpenOffice so I could download the latest 2.3 version from the OOo website and not have yum keep trying to reload the fedora-customized earlier version; it worked perfectly for me.
Jim Hartley matthew scouten wrote: > On Jan 4, 2008 10:44 PM, Chris Knadle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Friday 04 January 2008, matthew scouten wrote: >>> I hate to compile other people's code. There always seems to be some >>> library I am missing or some dev package I need. >> Compiling source can be an adventure, yeah. >> >>> And next time I 'sudo yum update' I lose the changes. >> Not following that. Does this mean that yum is automatically removing the >> dev libraries that you're installing to resolve the library dependencies to >> compile code? >> > > No, I mean I go to all that trouble to create a custom version of > growisofs and yum replaces it with the NEW! IMPROVED! growisofs x+1 > (that now protects you from wasting a whole cd by forcing you to put > iso's less then 1.44megs on a floppy) next time I update. > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > > Dec 5 - Open Source Show and Tell > Jan 2 - TBD > Feb 6 - DBUS > Mar 5 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using > Linux > -- Teen Angel - a ghost story - http://teenangel.netfirms.com _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Dec 5 - Open Source Show and Tell Jan 2 - TBD Feb 6 - DBUS Mar 5 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux
