ken wrote: > Subsequent to trying to "yum update"-- it failed--, I tried to resolve > the dependencies piecemeal: > > # yum update faad2 > .... > --> Processing Dependency: libfaad.so.0 for package: ffmpeg > ---> Package faad2.i386 0:2.7-1.el5.rf set to be updated > --> Finished Dependency Resolution > ffmpeg-0.5-2.el5.rf.i386 from installed has depsolving problems > --> Missing Dependency: libfaad.so.0 is needed by package > ffmpeg-0.5-2.el5.rf.i386 (installed) > Error: Missing Dependency: libfaad.so.0 is needed by package > ffmpeg-0.5-2.el5.rf.i386 (installed) > .... > > # rpm -q ffmpeg > ffmpeg-0.5-2.el5.rf > > Could it be that there's a packaging error in faad2 ? > looks like it, but this is an rpmforge package so it should be discussed on the rpmforge list (Cc'd here). Maybe give it a day and try again. Meanwhile yum --skip-broken could be your friend.