Yum Plugins

There are numerous yum plugins. You can search for which are available.

$ yum search yum-plugin
...
PackageKit-yum-plugin.x86_64 : Tell PackageKit to check for updates when yum exits
anaconda-yum-plugins.noarch : Installation-related yum plugins
kabi-yum-plugins.noarch : The Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel ABI yum plugin
yum-plugin-aliases.noarch : Yum plugin to enable aliases filters
yum-plugin-changelog.noarch : Yum plugin for viewing package changelogs before/after updating
yum-plugin-downloadonly.noarch : Yum plugin to add downloadonly command option
yum-plugin-protect-packages.noarch : Yum plugin to prevents Yum from removing itself and other protected packages
yum-plugin-security.noarch : Yum plugin to enable security filters
yum-plugin-tmprepo.noarch : Yum plugin to add temporary repositories
yum-plugin-verify.noarch : Yum plugin to add verify command, and options
yum-plugin-versionlock.noarch : Yum plugin to lock specified packages from being updated

What does yum-plugin-verify do?

"This plugin adds the commands verify, verify-all and verify-rpm. There are also a couple of options. This command works like rpm -V, to verify your installation." [yum info yum-plugin-verify]

For more information about each commands, run 'yum --help'

What does yum-plugin-versionlock do?

"This plugin takes a set of name/versions for packages and excludes all other versions of those packages (including optionally following obsoletes). This allows you to protect packages from being updated by newer versions, for example." [yum info yum-plugin-versionlock]

The yum-plugin-versionlock uses the /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/versionlock.list to lock down specific packages.

The following format is used for locking down. See /usr/share/doc/yum-plugin-versionlock-*/README.

EPOCH:NAME-VERSION-RELEASE.ARCH