Using yum module to install/update to defined version of a package-X.

[Rui Goncalves]

Hi all.

I'd like to install or update a package specifying  the major.minor version. I.e, upgrade only if there's a bugfix package available.  I've tried using state=latest and present, but does not work as I expected.

Using:  yum: name=nginx-debuginfo-1.6* state=latest
> Suffix "-1.6*" is ignored, and version nginx-debuginfo-1.10 (which is the latest available version on the repo) gets installed. I want to remain on 1.6.* version.

Using: yum: name=nginx-debuginfo-1.6* state=present
> If the host already contains nginx-debuginfo-1.6.1 installed and there's a new version nginx-debuginfo-1.6.2 available on the repo, the package is not updated.

Any idea how can I achieve the desired result.

Thanks.
Rui

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 21.09.2017 18:55, Rui Goncalves wrote:
> I'd like to install or update a package specifying the major.minor
> version. I.e, upgrade only if there's a bugfix package available. I've

> tried using state=*latest* and *present*, but does not work as I

> expected.
>
> Using: yum: name=nginx-debuginfo-1.6* state=latest
>> Suffix "-1.6*" is ignored, and version nginx-debuginfo-1.10 (which is
>> the
> latest available version on the repo) gets installed. I want to remain
> on
> 1.6.* version.
>
> Using: yum: name=nginx-debuginfo-1.6* state=present
>> If the host already contains nginx-debuginfo-1.6.1 installed and
>> there's
> a new version nginx-debuginfo-1.6.2 available on the repo, the package
> is
> not updated.

As you have experienced yum doesn't support this, you should look into
yum versionlock.


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Kai Stian Olstad

[Rui Goncalves]

Thanks Kai.