If you run up2date-config, you can add tar* to the PkgSkipList or whatever they 
call it to preven up2date from updating tar.

-- 
Dave Hull


-----Original Message-----
From:   owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org on behalf of Guy Dallaire
Sent:   Fri 6/3/2005 8:15 AM
To:     amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Cc:     
Subject:        Preventing yum or up2date to update gnu tar
Hello,

>From time to time, we run "yum update" (On centos) or up2date (On
redHat) to keep our servers patched.

Reading the amanda docs, I realize that there could be problem with
gnu tar if we back up with one version and restore with another...

I know it's not really an amanda question but this may be something
one of you Linux admins might have encountered.

Is there a way to prevent "up2date" or "yum update" to update certain
packages ? Like gnu tar ?

Thanks