Jim Perrin wrote: >>you're right. I forgot to remove atrpms test. >>Note that I never do a general yum update. So my system should not be >>totally wrecked. >> >> > >Except that it only takes one 'yum install' from ATrpms to replace a >couple of important core packages or install one thats incompatible >with upstream, thus causing your dilemma. Also note that if you never >do a yum update, then you're missing several important updates. If you >are indeed on 3.3 like you said earlier, then you're a little over a >year out of date. There have been several important bugs fixed, and a >couple critical ones which could potentially leave your system open to >intruders. It may not be wrecked from installed packages, but >negligence instead. Is there a reason to not perform basic upgrade >tasks like 'yum update' (aside from the obvious now where it won't >work)? > > > Ok, I'll be watching close. But you did not explain why the rpm dependency was failing: Is it a yum bug? .......Unable to satisfy dependencies Package rpm-libs needs rpm = 4.2.3-24_nonptl, this is not available. # rpm -q rpm rpm-4.2.3-10 # ls /var/cache/yum/base/headers/rpm-0* rpm-0-4.2.3-21_nonptl.i386.hdr rpm-0-4.2.3-24_nonptl.i386.hdr