On Sun, 2007-05-20 at 11:24 -0500, Linux Rockz wrote: > Daniel de Kok wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 18:52 -0500, Linux Rockz wrote: > > > >> So how did yum get installed without complaining about the missing > >> python-optik? > >> > > > > --- > > # yum update yum > > [...] > > I will do the following: > > [update: yum 2.4.3-4.el3.centos.noarch] > > I will install/upgrade these to satisfy the dependencies: > > [deps: python-optik 1.4.1-2.noarch] > > [deps: python-sqlite 1.1.7-1.2.1.i386] > > [deps: sqlite 3.3.6-2.i386] > > [deps: python-elementtree 1.2.6-5.el3.centos.i386] > > [deps: yum-metadata-parser 1.1.0-2.el3.centos.i386] > > [deps: python-urlgrabber 2.9.8-2.noarch] > > [deps: centos-yumconf 3-2.noarch] > > [...] > > --- > > > > Forgive me for asking, but did you install the yum update with "rpm > > --nodeps"? > > > > > nope ;) > Downloaded all the rpms and did rpm -Uvh *.rpm Hmmm, did it happen to install python2.3 as a dependency? This package has a provides for python-optik, "blocking" the python-optik package from CentOS base being installed. I just filed a bug for this: http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2152 -- Daniel