> > It looks like some perl thing is trying to keep the perl at the OLD level. > > (you have plenty of rf packages, which is rpmforge ... those are > NON-CentOS pacakges. I am not saying those are the problem, just > pointing out your original statement is in error where you list only one > NON-CentOS package) > > First, do you have x86_64 and i386 perl installed ... if so, do you need > them? > > This should tell you if you have both versions installed: > rpm -q perl > > Maybe try this (all one line): > > yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=updates --enablerepo=base > --enablerepo=extras upgrade perl > > Johhny, You are correct about my leaving out rpmforge... sorry for the oversight. Here are the results of your advice : [root at Mail yum.repos.d]# rpm -q perl perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 [root at Mail yum.repos.d]# yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=updates --enablerepo=base --enablerepo=extras upgrade perl Loading "protectbase" plugin Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading "downloadonly" plugin Loading "allowdowngrade" plugin Loading "changelog" plugin Loading "priorities" plugin Loading "kernel-module" plugin Loading "tsflags" plugin Loading "fedorakmod" plugin Loading "skip-broken" plugin Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.steadfast.net * updates: mirror.steadfast.net * extras: mirror.sanctuaryhost.com Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Base Finished Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Updates Finished 0 packages excluded due to repository protections 3 packages excluded due to repository priority protections Setting up Upgrade Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package perl.x86_64 4:5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Updating: perl x86_64 4:5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 updates 12 M Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 0 Package(s) Update 1 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 12 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Check Error: file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/pod/perldiag.pod from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/c2ph.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/cpan.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/dprofpp.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/enc2xs.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/find2perl.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/h2ph.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/h2xs.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/instmodsh.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/libnetcfg.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/perlbug.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/perlcc.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/perldiag.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/perlivp.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/piconv.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/pl2pm.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/pod2html.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/pod2latex.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/pod2man.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/pod2text.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/pod2usage.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/podchecker.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/podselect.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/prove.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/psed.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/pstruct.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/s2p.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/splain.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 file /usr/share/man/man1/xsubpp.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 Error Summary ------------- It looks like I have two packages installed ie [root at Mail yum.repos.d]# rpm -q perl perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 Any ideas ? Thanks again for your help!!! Greg