Re: yum plugins: whiteout/blacklilst

Gerry Reno wrote:
> What do the whiteout and blacklist plugins do?
>
> For example, on an x86_64 installation, if I get some dependency 
> problems with installed package (i386) because I'm trying to update 
> the x86_64 version of this package, can these plugins help?
>
I tried putting a package name in these files but it just says "Parse error"

What is the expected format to make entries in the whiteout and 
blacklist files?

Regards,
Gerry