Month: August 2014

In Redhat/CentOS 6 it’s possible to selectively pin a particular package version to keep it from updating. For that we will use the versionlock plugin:

yum install yum-plugin-versionlock

To add a package to the lock list:

yum versionlock add <package_name>
Loaded plugins: security, versionlock
Adding versionlock on: 0:<package_name>-<package_version>
versionlock added: 1

To remove an entry from lock list:

yum versionlock delete 0:<package_name>-<package_version>
Loaded plugins: security, versionlock
Deleting versionlock for: 0:<package_name>-<package_version>
versionlock added: 1

To check the lock list content:

yum versionlock list
Loaded plugins: security, versionlock
0:<package_name>-<package_version>
...
versionlock list done