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where to edit yum or rpm packages to update
I am setting up a new server with the goal of porting a solaris server to centos. I want to compile some packages myself (ie) http, ssl, mysql, etc. The reason for this is the downloadable rpm packages are very old. I probably want to make sure the kernel is up to date, but the individual pages I want to do myself.

I know that doing a global update would overwrite my packages, or that the update to a particular package might do that. Is there a file that lists the packages that get updated automatically, and can I edit it so that only the system files are updated (or those that I want)?

Also, where can I find the latest versions of the rpms in case I want to use them? I was looking for http and the default install is 2.0 and all I see is 2.2.3. I'm up to 2.2.8 on my solaris servers.

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yum-utils

yum-utils(1)															      yum-utils(1)

NAME

       yum-utils - tools for manipulating repositories and extended package management

SYNOPSIS

       debuginfo-install - install debuginfo packages and their dependencies
       find-repos-of-install - report which repository the package was installed from
       needs-restarting - report process ids that started running before they or some component they use were updated
       package-cleanup - manage package cleanup, duplicates, orphaned packages and outstanding dependency problems
       repo-graph - outputs a full package dependency list in dot format
       repo-rss - generates an RSS feed from one or more repositories
       repoclosure - reads metadata of repositories, checks dependencies and displays list of unresolved dependencies
       repodiff - takes two or more repositories, returns a list of added, removed or changed packages
       repomanage - manages a directory of rpm packages, returns a list of newest or oldest packages in a directory
       repoquery - query yum repositories and get additional information on the them
       reposync - synchronize a remote yum repository to a local directory using yum to retrieve packages
       repotrack - track packages and its dependencies and downloads them
       show-changed-rco - list of changes to a package Requires, Conflicts and Obsoletes data from installed to a specified rpm file
       show-installed - gives a compact description of packages installed and makes use of comps groups in repositories
       verifytree - verify that a local yum repository is consistent
       yum-builddep - installs missing dependencies to build a specified package
       yum-complete-transaction - finds incomplete or aborted yum transactions and attempts to complete them
       yum-config-manager - toggle yum repositories, add new repositories and set main yum configuration options
       yum-debug-dump - creates gzipped file containing information for debugging problems
       yum-debug-restore - replays any transactions captured in gzipped file in yum shell
       yum-groups-manager - create and edit yum's group metadata
       yum-installed - print a compact package list making use of comps groups
       yumdb - query or alter the yum database
       yumdownloader - downloads packages from yum repositories including source RPMs

DESCRIPTION

       yum-utils  is a collection of tools and programs for managing yum repositories, installing debug packages, source packages, extended infor-
       mation from repositories and administration.

NOTES

       See respective tools for additional help for commands without a manual page

SEE ALSO

       debuginfo-install(1), package-cleanup(1), repodiff(1), repoquery(1), reposync(1), repo-rss(1), show-changed-rco(1), show-installed(1), yum-
       downloader(1), yum-builddep(1), yum-debug-dump(1), yum-groups-manager(1), yumdb(8), yum-complete-transaction(8)

AUTHOR

       Shawn Starr <shawn.starr@rogers.com>

yum-utils							    August 2011 						      yum-utils(1)