exclude package option for command line

[Rehan Khan]

Imported: http://tracker.labix.org/issue67

Reason: Review Issue

further details: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/smart/+spec/bug-reporting-migration

msg1048 (view) Author: rshendershot Date: 2006-12-22.13:33:09

pls reconsider. the lock spec is difficult to construct on command line (eg.
mplayer = 1.0-0.66.rc1.lvn6@x86_64) and has lifetime beyond a single upgrade
transaction.

msg198 (view) Author: netmask Date: 2006-01-01.23:23:44

Use the 'lock' flag.

msg197 (view) Author: kleo Date: 2006-01-01.05:37:38

On 12/31/05, Kam Leo <email address hidden> wrote:
> On 12/31/05, Ben at Labix Tracker <email address hidden> wrote:
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> > Ben <email address hidden> added the comment:
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> > You can lock packages so that you have to manually unlock them before
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> 1. How do you do lock installed packages?

OK, I found the answer "smart flag --set lock <package>"

> 2. Would that be simpler than "# smart ---exclude=package_name* -y
> upgrade" which would allow all except the excluded packages to be
> installed in one step?
>

msg196 (view) Author: kleo Date: 2006-01-01.04:06:32

On 12/31/05, Ben at Labix Tracker <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Ben <email address hidden> added the comment:
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> You can lock packages so that you have to manually unlock them before
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1. How do you do lock installed packages?

2. Would that be simpler than "# smart ---exclude=package_name* -y
upgrade" which would allow all except the excluded packages to be
installed in one step?

msg195 (view) Author: Ben77 Date: 2006-01-01.01:29:51

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You can lock packages so that you have to manually unlock them before
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msg194 (view) Author: kleo Date: 2005-12-31.04:27:07

Yum provides the --exclude option to filter out packages which may not be
desired or compatible with a system. The addition of this option would greatly
enhance the use of smart with cron.

[Rehan Khan (rasker)]

A possible implementation would be to introduce the concept of a soft lock. On receipt of an --exclude directive smart will add the requred locks process the command and at the end of the transaction remove the locks.