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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.
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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.
  
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* 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  
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  yum update --enablerepo=<xxx>  --enablerepo=<xxx2> --noplugins <pkgname>
 
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Centos Wiki page at http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities
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Latest revision as of 20:14, 24 June 2010

Yum-plugin-priorities

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The instructions on this page may require deviations from standard procedures. A good understanding of linux and Koozali SME Server is recommended.


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

yum --enablerepo=extras install yum-plugin-priorities

On SME Server 8.x use (untested!)

yum --enablerepo=extras install yum-priorities

Configuration

The installation of yum-plugin-priorities will create /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/priorities.conf with the following settings

[main]
enabled = 1
check_obsoletes = 1

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 Server 7.4, 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

Use this script to create DB priority values

#!/bin/bash

for REPO in smeaddons smecontribs smedev smeextras smeos smetest smeupdates smeupdates-testing addons base  centosplus contrib extras updates
do
 db yum_repositories setprop $REPO priority 10
 #set to 99 for testing when you want to remove priority
done

signal-event yum-modify

Usage

  • If you install any contribs or non-sme packages using any form of --enablerepo=<xxx>, update with the following to make sure you get any available updates for your extra packages
yum update --enablerepo=<xxx> --enablerepo=<xxx2>
  • 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
    • 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>

References

bugzilla:4757

Centos Wiki page at http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities