YUM group properties can be set in the /etc/yum.config file as follows:
Setting | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|
overwrite_groups | 0 or 1 | Determines YUM's behavior if two or more repositories offer package groups with the same name. If set to 1 then the group packages of the last matching repository will be used. If set to 0 then the groups from all matching repositories will be merged together as one large group. |
groupremove_leaf_only | 0 or 1 | Determines YUM's behavior when the groupremove command is run. If set to 0 (default) then all packages in the group will be removed. If set to 1 then only those packages in the group that aren't required by another package will be removed. |
enable_group_conditionals | 0 or 1 | Determines whether YUM will allow the use of conditionals packages. If set to 0 then conditionals are not allowed If set to 1 (default) package conditionals are allowed. |
group_package_types | optional, default, mandatory | Tells YUM which type of packages in groups will be installed when |