[CentOS] Managing updates to non-centos packages :: SOLVED

[Lucas Chan]

> Is there a way to tell yum to only pull updates from rpmforge for  
> packages that were initially installed from rpmforge?

I accidentally stumbled across a good solution after following a link  
to the CentOS SVN Wiki page (which someone kindly posted to this list  
earlier).

http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/ProtectBase

"The purpose of the protectbase plugin is to protect certian  
repositories from updates from other repositories. Repositories that  
are to be protected will not be updated by newer files from non  
protected repositories. This plugin is recommended for anyone who  
routinely enables 3rd party repositories, as these non-CentOS  
repositories may update certian system files, potentially causing  
your CentOS installation to become unstable."

Wicked!

I thought I should post it here in case someone searches the list  
with the same problem.

Thanks for your help, Morten.  I hope this is useful for you?

LC.