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{{Warning box|Currently under development.}}
==Yum-plugin-priorities==
{{Level|Advanced}}
This page is intended to explore the possible use of yum-plugin-priorities in order to help prevent the installation of unwanted rpms from 3rd-party repositories such as dag, dries, etc.
This page is intended to explore the possible use of yum-plugin-priorities in order to help prevent the installation of unwanted rpms from 3rd-party repositories such as dag, dries, etc.
=== Installation ===
=== Installation ===
yum --enablerepo=extras install yum-plugin-priorities
yum --enablerepo=extras install yum-plugin-priorities
On SME 8.x use (untested!)
On SME Server 8.x use (untested!)
yum --enablerepo=extras install yum-priorities
yum --enablerepo=extras install yum-priorities
enabled = 1
enabled = 1
check_obsoletes = 1
check_obsoletes = 1
These settings tell yum to pay attention to the 'priority' setting for each repo, and to make sure the an 'obsoletes' flag in a low priority repo will not result in the removal of a package from a higher-priority repo.
These settings tell yum to pay attention to the 'priority' setting for each repo, and to make sure the 'obsoletes' flag in a low priority repo will not result in the removal of a package from a higher-priority repo.
If you are not running Sme 7.4 update smeserver-yum
If you are not running SME Server 7.4, update smeserver-yum
yum update smeserver-yum
yum update smeserver-yum
==== modify yum template ====
cp the original and add the following to the bottom of the fragment
nano -w /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/yum.smerepos.d/sme-base.repo/20repositories
if (exists $props{priority})
{
$OUT .= "priority" . '=' . $props{priority} . "\n";
}
==== DB values ====
==== DB values ====
signal-event yum-modify
signal-event yum-modify
=== Usage ===
=== Usage ===
* If you get a ''missing dependency'' error from yum
* If you get a ''missing dependency'' error from yum
** re-run yum manually using ''--exclude <pkgname>'' on the command line, replacing <pkgname> with the package that is preventing your update
** re-run yum manually using ''--exclude <pkgname>'' on the command line, replacing <pkgname> with the package that is preventing your update
** If you suspect that the blocked update resolves a security issue, you must decide for yourself whether to compromise the original sme/centos package and force the update of the non-sme/centos package by running
** If you suspect that the blocked update resolves a security issue, you must decide for yourself whether to compromise the original SME Server/CentOS package and force the update of the non-SME Server/CentOS package by running
yum update --enablerepo=<xxx> --enablerepo=<xxx2> --noplugins <pkgname>
yum update --enablerepo=<xxx> --enablerepo=<xxx2> --noplugins <pkgname>
===References===
[[bugzilla:4757]]
Centos Wiki page at http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities
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