Hi,
I was looking for a way to use ONLY specific packages from some repos,
and exclude everything else. There are some repos that have just one
or two packages I want/need.
I don't want other packages conflicting others in fedora repos. Is
there a way to exclude everything except few specific packages?

I found post [1] suggesting to use "yum --disablerepo=*
--enablerepo=name --exclude=!my_package*" but that doesn't work.

So is there another way?

It would be a great feature for yum or new yum-plugin to have both
--exclude and --include options

[1] http://fixunix.com/redhat/136169-yum-conf-exclude-pattern.html

Cheers,
Valent.



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On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:48:35 +0100
"valent.turkovic@gmail.com" <valent.turkovic@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I was looking for a way to use ONLY specific packages from some repos,
> and exclude everything else. There are some repos that have just one
> or two packages I want/need.
> I don't want other packages conflicting others in fedora repos. Is
> there a way to exclude everything except few specific packages?
>
> I found post [1] suggesting to use "yum --disablerepo=*
> --enablerepo=name --exclude=!my_package*" but that doesn't work.

e.g.

# yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=name update pkg1 pkg2 pkg3

will only update pkgs 1 2 and 3 (and their dependencies, if necessary).
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valent.turkovic <at> gmail.com <valent.turkovic <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
> I was looking for a way to use ONLY specific packages from some repos,
> and exclude everything else. There are some repos that have just one
> or two packages I want/need.
> I don't want other packages conflicting others in fedora repos. Is
> there a way to exclude everything except few specific packages?

See the repo-specific "exclude" and "includepkgs" options from the yum.conf man
page.

exclude Same as the [main] exclude option but only for this
repository. Substitution variables, described below, are hon�
ored here.

includepkgs Inverse of exclude. This is a list of packages you
want to use from a repository. If this option lists only one
package then that is all yum will ever see from the repository.
Defaults to an empty list. Substitution variables, described
below, are honored here.


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On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Andre Robatino
<robatino@fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> valent.turkovic <at> gmail.com <valent.turkovic <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>> I was looking for a way to use ONLY specific packages from some repos,
>> and exclude everything else. There are some repos that have just one
>> or two packages I want/need.
>> I don't want other packages conflicting others in fedora repos. Is
>> there a way to exclude everything except few specific packages?
>
> See the repo-specific "exclude" and "includepkgs" options from the yum.conf man
> page.
>
> Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â*exclude Same as the [main] exclude Â*option Â*but Â*only Â*for Â*this
> Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â*repository. Â* Substitution Â*variables, described below, are honâ€�
> Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â*ored here.
>
> Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â*includepkgs Inverse of exclude. This is a list of Â*packages Â*you
> Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â*want Â*to Â*use Â*from Â*a repository. If this option lists only one
> Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â*package then that is all yum will ever see from the Â*repository.
> Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â*Defaults Â*to Â*an Â*empty list. Â*Substitution variables, described
> Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â*below, are honored here.
>

Thanks, I was looking only in yum man page and didn't look into
yum.conf man page. This is exactly what I needed. Cheers!
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On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:35 PM, valent.turkovic@gmail.com
<valent.turkovic@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, I was looking only in yum man page and didn't look into
> yum.conf man page. This is exactly what I needed. Cheers!

Yup, you can get there that way but I wish someone would write a
plugin that would update these types of packages/situations
automatically.

Richard
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