To make sure a certain software package is excluded from updates on Redhat linux making use of yum:

1. Open /etc/yum.conf for editing.
2. Add the following line, or edit it if it already exists in some form:

    
   exclude=PACKAGENAME* PACKAGENAME* PACKAGENAME*
   

   .
3. Save the file

In this case PACKAGENAME might be something like httpd or php. On the server I worked on the kernel was the first listed exclusion (due to a policy of the hosting provider that obviously did it's own selected updates), and I added extra packages as needed.

Excluding packages from updates makes sense when you are building custom-compiled versions of software on your machine and are using them in place of the default packages. In this case you are responsible for manually compiling new updates.

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