Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:09 AM, madunix <madunix at gmail.com> wrote: >> Am trying to update my wine i get the following .. >> [] download]# yum update wine* >> Loading "priorities" plugin >> Loading "fastestmirror" plugin >> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile >> * epel: ftp.nluug.nl >> * rpmforge: fr2.rpmfind.net >> * base: ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de >> * updates: ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de >> * addons: ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de >> * extras: ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de >> 0 packages excluded due to repository priority protections > As someone else pointed out, you really need to get Priority working, > before you trash that box. When I installed EPEL, a month or so ago, I > gave it a very low priority, the lowest priority of any of the > Repositories I use. The number of packages being excluded, on my > CentOS 5.2 (32 bit) Desktop increased from approximately 350 to 1560, > when EPEL was added. Somewhat OT, but I find that a combination of priorities and excludes is required to get what I want. I also use a low priority for EPEL but, for instance, want their later rkhunter version so it is necessary to exclude that in rpmforge.repo to have it install/update. Phil