[CentOS] yum: not updating kernel

[Anthony Kamau]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
> Behalf Of notconfusedaboutthattoday at gmail.com
> Sent: Tuesday, 14 October 2008 2:25 PM
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> Subject: [CentOS] yum: not updating kernel
> 
> Hi.  I recently switched my CentOS kernel to 2.6.27, manually.  Is there
> a way to take it "off the list" of possible yum updates?  I want to
> handle kernel stuff myself.
> 

Edit /etc/yum.conf
Below excerpt from `man yum.conf'
exclude  List of packages to exclude from updates or installs. This should
         be a space separated list.  Shell globs using wildcards (eg. *
         and ?) are allowed.