> > It would be helpful if you could give us some more information about > what happens: > > The output of "rpm -q centos-release" for example and the output of "yum > -d5 update". Hi Ralph, here the output i'm getting from the above commands: rpm -q centos-release gives centos-release-4-4.2 and autoupdate is off # /sbin/chkconfig --list yum yum 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off the last command gave the following: # yum -d5 update Yum Version: 2.4.3 COMMAND: yum -d5 Installroot: / Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories Baseurl(s) for repo: ['http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el4/en/x86_64/dag'] dag 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Baseurl(s) for repo: ['http://linux.dell.com/repo/software/rhel4/', ' http://linux.dell.com/repo/software/rhel4/'] dell-software 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 Baseurl(s) for repo: [' http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/centos/4.4/updates/x86_64/', 'http://centos.crazyfrogs.org/4.4/updates/x86_64/', ' http://centose.centos.org/centos/4.4/updates/x86_64/', ' http://centosh.centos.org/centos/4.4/updates/x86_64/', ' http://centosb2.centos.org/centos/4.4/updates/x86_64/', ' http://centosj.centos.org/centos/4.4/updates/x86_64/', ' http://centosi.centos.org/centos/4.4/updates/x86_64/', ' http://centosl.centos.org/centos/4.4/updates/x86_64/', ' http://centost.centos.org/centos/4.4/updates/x86_64/', ' http://centosq.centos.org/centos/4.4/updates/x86_64/'] update 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 Baseurl(s) for repo: ['http://ftp.belnet.be/packages/centos/4.4/os/x86_64/', 'http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/CentOS/4.4/os/x86_64/', ' http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/centos/4.4/os/x86_64/', ' ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.centos.org/4.4/os/x86_64/', ' http://centos.crazyfrogs.org/4.4/os/x86_64/', ' http://archive.cs.uu.nl/mirror/Linux/centos/4.4/os/x86_64/', ' http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/CentOS/4.4/os/x86_64/', ' http://centos.intergenia.de/4.4/os/x86_64/', ' http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/centos/4.4/os/x86_64/', ' http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/centos/4.4/os/x86_64/'] base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Baseurl(s) for repo: [' http://ftp.belnet.be/packages/centos/4.4/addons/x86_64/', ' http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/centos/4.4/addons/x86_64/', 'ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.centos.org/4.4/addons/x86_64/', ' http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/CentOS/4.4/addons/x86_64/', ' http://centos.crazyfrogs.org/4.4/addons/x86_64/', ' http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/CentOS/4.4/addons/x86_64/', ' http://archive.cs.uu.nl/mirror/Linux/centos/4.4/addons/x86_64/', ' http://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/centos.org/4.4/addons/x86_64/', ' http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/centos/4.4/addons/x86_64/', ' http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/centos/4.4/addons/x86_64/'] addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 Baseurl(s) for repo: [' http://ftp.belnet.be/packages/centos/4.4/extras/x86_64/', ' ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.centos.org/4.4/extras/x86_64/', ' http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/CentOS/4.4/extras/x86_64/', ' http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/centos/4.4/extras/x86_64/', 'http://centos.crazyfrogs.org/4.4/extras/x86_64/', ' http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/CentOS/4.4/extras/x86_64/', ' http://archive.cs.uu.nl/mirror/Linux/centos/4.4/extras/x86_64/', ' http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/centos/4.4/extras/x86_64/', ' http://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/centos.org/4.4/extras/x86_64/', ' http://centos.intergenia.de/4.4/extras/x86_64/'] extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files Setting up Package Sacks Excluding Incompatible Archs Finished Reading Local RPMDB Building updates object No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070112/a26f328d/attachment-0005.html>