Re: [LUG] Yum equiv of apt-pinning?

[tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> In Debian I can "pin" packages to set versions/repos using 
> /etc/apt/preferences (or something like that!)
>
> Is there a way of doing the same thing for Redhat/CentOS?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt.
Yum doesn't support that per se - but what you could do is write a dummy 
package that needs that version only and install that.
And unleash the dogs of war....
Tom te tom te tom


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