On 11/08/15 07:28, Rex Dieter wrote:
Ed Greshko wrote:
>
> On 11/08/15 07:01, Rex Dieter wrote:
>> Ed Greshko wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/08/15 06:50, Rex Dieter wrote:
>>>> I just tested this and it worked for me. *However*, I did force a
>>>> metadata refresh after making the change.
>>>>
>>>> pkcon refresh force
>>>>
>>>> try that ^^ ?
>>> Yes, I did that after being "schooled" in the "apper after
upgrade
>>> thread".
>> OK, can you post *exactly* what you're trying, so that I can duplicate
>> things?
>>
>>
> Sure....
>
> dnf --showduplicates --allowerasing --releasever=22 downgrade
> xorg-x11-server-Xorg
>
> edited all the enabled fedora repos so ...
>
> [root@localhost yum.repos.d]# grep excl *repo
> fedora.repo:exclude=xorg-x11*
> fedora-updates.repo:exclude=xorg-x11*
> fedora-updates-testing.repo:exclude=xorg-x11*
Where you put the exclude lines in those files is important too, they must
by in the
[fedora]
[fedora-updates]
[fedora-updates-testing]
sections respectively (not in -debuginfo or -sources)
Of course... As I said, the "enabled" repos....
[fedora]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch
failovermethod=priority
exclude=xorg-x11*
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/E
verything/$basearch/os/
metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-$releasev...
basearch
enabled=1 <------------------These......
metadata_expire=28d
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$releasever-$basearch
skip_if_unavailable=False
[updates]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates
failovermethod=priority
exclude=xorg-x11*
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$b
asearch/
metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released...
ever&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
metadata_expire=6h
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$releasever-$basearch
skip_if_unavailable=False
[updates-testing]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Test Updates
failovermethod=priority
exclude=xorg-x11*
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/testing/$relea
sever/$basearch/
metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-testing-...
ver&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
metadata_expire=6h
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$releasever-$basearch
skip_if_unavailable=False
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