> tried deleting /var/lib/rpm/__* after killing all yum processes? Yum has command line options to do its housecleaning which I would try first. yum help clean What does deleting the __db files do that the yum clean all doesn't? (which I notice doesn't delete those specific files) -- Spiro Harvey Knossos Networks Ltd 021-295-1923 www.knossos.net.nz -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 197 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090113/5ed3091b/attachment-0005.sig>