You might want to keep package version because updating it brokes something.
This article will describe how to exclude package from update.
There are two ways of "dnf –exclude" and /etc/dnf/dnf.conf.
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1 dnf –exclude
Set excluded package to dnf –exclude option. You can set multiple packages with double quotes. To exclude mc and emacs is as below.
$ # sudo dnf update --exclude="<package> [<package>...]" $ sudo dnf update --exclude="mc emacs"
2 /etc/dnf.conf
Set excluded package to exlucde directive in etc/dnf/dnf.conf. You cannot use double quotes.
[main] <snip> exclude=<package> [<package>...]
To exclude mc and emacs is as below.
$ diff -uprN /etc/dnf/dnf.conf{.org,}
--- /etc/dnf/dnf.conf.org 2016-06-30 19:45:37.876541410 +0900
+++ /etc/dnf/dnf.conf 2016-06-30 19:53:29.486621755 +0900
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
gpgcheck=1
installonly_limit=3
clean_requirements_on_remove=True
+exclude=mc emacs
3 Execution result
There is no excluded package in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf.
$ cat /etc/dnf/dnf.conf [main] gpgcheck=1 installonly_limit=3 clean_requirements_on_remove=True
mc package is included in upgradable packages.
$ dnf check-update | grep "^mc" mc.x86_64 1:4.8.15-2.fc24 fedora
Exclude mc package in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf.
$ sudo su -c 'echo exclude=mc >> /etc/dnf/dnf.conf' $ cat /etc/dnf/dnf.conf [main] gpgcheck=1 installonly_limit=3 clean_requirements_on_remove=True exclude=mc
A mc package is removed from upgradable packages.
$ dnf check-update | grep "^mc" $ # mc is not included in update packages.