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   Carlos E. R. to Paul R Schmidtbleicher   
   Re: Locking Software from Updates   
   12 Oct 21 22:39:47   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 12/10/2021 18.39, Paul R Schmidtbleicher wrote:   
   > This post is dealing specifically with "dosbox" under Tumbleweed.  My   
   > earlier version of   
   > 0.74.3 works far better with (what used to be) Geos/Emsemble than the new   
   > version 0.77.x. I tried locking my old version under Yast Software   
   > assuming LOCKING could not be overridden except by me.  I do want other   
   > Tumbleweed updates, but when I accept them, they also update "dosbox"   
   > even as the "Lock symbol" remains on it.  This is my problem.   
      
   Not possible. Something else must be going on.   
      
   >   
   > (1) Is there a better answer?   
   > (2) I thought about changing the name of my 0.74.3 version of "dosbox,"   
   > but noticed in the file list given under "Yast Software" that the   
   > executable in /bin isn't even listed.  There may be others???  Would this   
   > work or does Yast keep track of name changes and it would still be   
   > updated?   
      
   No, the packages have names inside.   
      
      
   zypper ll   
      
   should list the locks.   
      
   And   
      
   cat /etc/zypp/locks   
      
      
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   Cheers,   
          Carlos E.R.   
      
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