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

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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

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

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Thanks Kai.