Found it. Just a simple typo in yum .conf: > exclude=freetype* > > This is the default, if you *make* this bigger *yum* won't see if > the metadata > # is newer on the remote and so you'll "gain" the bandwidth of not > having to I need to exclude freetype as I compiled my own version (with BCI enabled). I apparently removed the # on the line below. And that does not give an error message. It simply excludes "This" "is"... and "make" and "yum". Thanks for all replies. Theo