lock a package in linux

Here’s how to lockdown a package to a specific version.

Search for the current package.

$ sudo rpm -qa |  grep sdk
google-cloud-sdk-365.0.1-1.x86_64

Install versionlock.

yum install yum-plugin-versionlock

Lock a package.

yum versionlock google-cloud-sdk-365.0.1-1.x86_64

Display all locked versions.

yum versionlock list

Unlock and clear.

yum versionlock clear