hey guys,

I'm attempting to install php 5.2.7 using the webtatic repo.. but it looks like my exclude isn't working.. I'd appreciate it if someone could point out the mistake I'm making/flaw in my approach...

## machine info

[root@ec2-174-129-154-179 yum.repos.d]# cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 5.5 (Final) [root@ec2-174-129-154-179 yum.repos.d]# uname -a Linux ec2-174-129-154-179.compute-1.amazonaws.com 2.6.21.7-2.fc8xen #1 SMP Fri Feb 15 12:39:36 EST 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

## try to install php using the webtatic repo

[root@ec2-174-129-154-179 yum.repos.d]# yum install php --enablerepo=webtatic Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * addons: mirror.ash.fastserv.com * base: mirror.nexcess.net * extras: mirror.cogentco.com * updates: mirror.ash.fastserv.com webtatic

| 951 B 00:00 Reducing CentOS-5 Testing to included packages only Finished Excluding Packages from Webtatic Repository 5 - i386 Finished Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package php.i386 0:5.3.6-1.w5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: httpd-mmn = 20051115 for package: php --> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.3.6-1.w5 for package: php --> Processing Dependency: php-cli = 5.3.6-1.w5 for package: php --> Processing Dependency: httpd for package: php --> Running transaction check ---> Package httpd.i386 0:2.2.17-1.w5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: httpd-tools = 2.2.17-1.w5 for package: httpd ---> Package php-cli.i386 0:5.3.6-1.w5 set to be updated ---> Package php-common.i386 0:5.3.6-1.w5 set to be updated --> Running transaction check ---> Package httpd-tools.i386 0:2.2.17-1.w5 set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size =============================================================================================================================================================================================================== Installing: php i386 5.3.6-1.w5 webtatic 1.3 M Installing for dependencies: httpd i386 2.2.17-1.w5 webtatic 1.1 M httpd-tools i386 2.2.17-1.w5 webtatic 70 k php-cli i386 5.3.6-1.w5 webtatic 2.5 M php-common i386 5.3.6-1.w5 webtatic 569 k

Transaction Summary =============================================================================================================================================================================================================== Install 5 Package(s) Upgrade 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 5.5 M

## and exclude 5.3.6 (shooting for 5.2.17)

[webtatic] name=Webtatic Repository $releasever - $basearch #baseurl=http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/centos/5/$basearch/ mirrorlist=http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/centos/5/$basearch/mirrorlist exclude="5.3.6" enabled=0 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-webtatic-andy

[webtatic-debuginfo] name=Webtatic Repository $releasever - $basearch - Debug #baseurl=http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/centos/5/$basearch/debug/ mirrorlist=http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/centos/5/$basearch/debug/mirrorlist enabled=0 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-webtatic-andy

[webtatic-source] name=Webtatic Repository $releasever - $basearch #baseurl=http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/centos/5/SRPMS/ mirrorlist=http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/centos/5/SRPMS/mirrorlist enabled=0 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-webtatic-andy

thanks in advance!! tim