Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >>> Thanks again for your help!!! >> is it possible that you have extras set at a different priority than >> base ... you also have the protectbase installed along with priorities >> (not recommended). >> >> You should have these settings for [extras], [base] and [updates] >> sections in CentOS-Base.repo: >> >> priority=1 >> protect=1 >> >> You should also (after properly configuring your repo files), use >> yum-priorities and remove yum-protectbase. >> >> _______________________________________________ > > Johnny, > > That fixed the problem. I had the Extras as set to a priority of 2. I > also disabled protectbase. Can you comment about the use "protectbase" > When should it be used? > > Thank you much for your help!!! Protectbase is basically priorities with only 2 options ... 1 and 0 Priorities is the same thing with 1 to 99 as options So, if you need more control than protected and unprotected, then you want to use priorities. Here is more info on each: http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/ProtectBase -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 251 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080629/2603f982/attachment-0005.sig>