Locking Package Version with DNF Versionlock

While newer version of a package on Linux system is generally a good thing, and we should upgrade it, there is times when we should hold on to the older version. For instance, Fedora 32 just released a newer version of the kernel package 5.8.4 recently, and with this version, the zfs module, version 0.8.4, can’t be built. Therefore, if your Fedora system uses ZFS, like some of my machines, you’ll end up not seeing any ZFS dataset or pools....

August 30, 2020 · 3 min · 490 words · kenno