Use this command line script to pin Rocky repository urls to 8.4
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sudo sed -e 's|^mirrorlist=|#mirrorlist=|g' \
-e 's|^#baseurl=http://dl.rockylinux.org/$contentdir/$releasever|baseurl=https://dl.rockylinux.org/vault/rocky/8.4|g' \
-i.bak \
/etc/yum.repos.d/Rocky-AppStream.repo \
/etc/yum.repos.d/Rocky-BaseOS.repo \
/etc/yum.repos.d/Rocky-Devel.repo \
/etc/yum.repos.d/Rocky-Extras.repo \
/etc/yum.repos.d/Rocky-HighAvailability.repo \
/etc/yum.repos.d/Rocky-Media.repo \
/etc/yum.repos.d/Rocky-Plus.repo \
/etc/yum.repos.d/Rocky-PowerTools.repo \
/etc/yum.repos.d/Rocky-RT.repo \
/etc/yum.repos.d/Rocky-Sources.repo |
Need to update the EPEL repository URL as well
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epel-modular.repo
epel.repo |
comment out metalink property
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#metalink=https://mirrors.fed... |
set baseurl property
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baseurl=[URL] |
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Must be done before running an updated. |
In the /etc/yum/vars directory, add file named releasever containing the requested version.
i.e.
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echo 7.8.2023 > /etc/yum/vars/releasever |