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NAME

6       yum-versionlock.conf(5)
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SYNOPSIS

10       yum-versionlock.conf(5)  is  the  configuration  file  for yum-version‐
11       lock(1) Yum plugin for excluding packages that  aren't  listed  in  the
12       versionlock  file.   The  plugin will walk each line of the versionlock
13       file, parse out the name and version  of  the  package.  It  will  then
14       exclude any package by that name that doesn't match one of the versions
15       listed within the file (or, optionally, any obsoleter of that package).
16       This  is  basically  the  same as doing an exclude for the package name
17       itself (as you cannot exclude installed packages), but yum  will  still
18       see  the versions you have installed/versionlocked as available so that
19       "yum reinstall" will still work, etc.  It can also work in the opposite
20       way, like a fast exclude, by prefixing a '!'  character to the version.
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FILES

23       /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/versionlock.conf
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FILE FORMAT

26       yum-versionlock.conf(5) utilizes configuration options in the form of
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OPTIONS

31       follow_obsoletes
32              This option is a boolean flag which specifies if the versionlock
33              plugin should look at all the obsoletes, and see if any  of  the
34              packages  specified  have an obsoleter. If an obsoleter is found
35              then all versions of that package will be excluded. This  option
36              is  off by default, as yum-versionlock(1) will take some time to
37              do the obsoletes processing, and for  non-rename  obsoletes  any
38              issues you had which kept you at a specific version of a package
39              should be different with another package.
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41       locklist
42              This option is a string with points to the file which will  have
43              the  versionlock  information  in  it. Note that the file has to
44              exist (or the versionlock plugin will make yum exit). However it
45              can be empty.
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47       show_hint
48              This option is a boolean flag which specifies if the versionlock
49              plugin should print a hint message whenever yum runs saying  how
50              many  package updates available from the repos are being blocked
51              due to versionlocks.  This hint serves as a reminder that  there
52              are  locks  in  effect  and that you may want to reconsider them
53              since newer versions  of  those  packages  have  been  released.
54              Default is 1 (show the hint).
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AUTHOR

57              Chitlesh Goorah <chitlesh@fedoraproject.org>
58              James Antill <james@fedoraproject.org>
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SEE ALSO

61       yum-versionlock(1)
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