[Yum] First Run...: Yum.conf....& command..please advise if correct

[Sanjay Arora]

On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 14:57, Sanjay Arora wrote:

> > You may be able to install sendmail and configure it off plus replace
> > the /usr/sbin/sendmail symlink to point at qmail (so the 2 don't
> > interfere with one another) - you should look at alternatives (the
> > package) to see how to set the links to your MTA).
> > 
> Thats seems to be the only thing left. Does yum provide a way to update
> without applying a particular dependency rpm, if specially asked
> somewhere on command line or conf file? Looked for such a thing in vain.
> Anybody know anything?
> 
> Does Apt package provide such a feature?

Would the --exclude option in yum make it drop sendmail as a dependency
to be installed?

Sanjay.