How can I prevent the 32bit version of a package from updating the 64bit version
Issue
- We have installed the 64bit version of flash-plugin from the Adobe repository
- Red Hat only supply the 32bit version of flash-plugin, however its version (NEVRA) is slightly greater than the Adobe version
- Performing a yum update causes the Red Hat supplied 32bit version to update the 64bit version, but we want to keep the 64bit version and not have the 32bit version installed
# yum update
Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, rhnplugin, security
This system is receiving updates from RHN Classic or RHN Satellite.
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package flash-plugin.x86_64 0:11.2.202.341-release will be updated
---> Package flash-plugin.i686 0:11.2.202.341-1.el6 will be an update
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Updating:
flash-plugin i686 11.2.202.341-1.el6 rhel-x86_64-workstation-supplementary-6
5.3 M
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- flash-plugin package
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