On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote: > Lanny Marcus wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:01 AM, MHR <mhullrich at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> ]# yum update >>> Loading "priorities" plugin >>> Loading "fastestmirror" plugin >>> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile >>> * base: mirror.hmc.edu >>> * updates: mirrors.versaweb.com >>> * kbs-CentOS-Extras: centos.karan.org >>> * extras: centos-distro.cavecreek.net >>> Excluding Packages in global exclude list >>> Finished >>> Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Base >>> Finished >>> Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Updates >>> Finished >>> Excluding Packages from CentOS.Karan.Org-EL5 - Stable >>> Finished >>> 0 packages excluded due to repository priority protections >> >> Why does it say 0 packages excluded? On my CentOS 5.2 Desktop, >> it says it excludes about 285 packages, because of repository >> priority protections. Is priorities working properly or >> am I missing something, because I'm a newbie? >> >> <snip> (the rest of the transaction followed) > > Depends on what repos are active and priority settings. > > If all the repos that are "enabled=1" have the same priority setting ... OR > ... if there are not any "overlapping packages" in repos with different > priority settings then there will be no packages excluded. Johnny: Thank you for the explanation! Lanny