On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Chris Geldenhuis <chris.gelden at iafrica.com> wrote: > Hi Kwan and Stephen, > > Thanks for your replies. > > When I do: > [root at tusker ~]# rpm -qV python-elementtree > [root at tusker ~]# OK, this shows that the package is fine.. No output is good in this case.. > > I get no output as you can see. When I do: > > [root at tusker ~]# rpm -q python-elementtree > python-elementtree-1.2.6-7.el4.rf > [root at tusker ~]# > > I get the package name listed: When I then do: > [root at tusker ~]# rpm -q --info python-elementtree > Name : python-elementtree Relocations: (not relocatable) > Version : 1.2.6 Vendor: Dag Apt [snip] > Which appears to tell me that this is an old version possibly installed > from an incorrect repositry (Dags) and not the standard CenTOS repositries. > > My problem now is that yum does not work as there is a conflict between > this version of the package and the updated Pyhton. Any idea on > recovering from this situation. Yes, I would concur with that analysis :D. And also concur with S Harris' method of resolving... Use rpm directly, not yum, to install the correct python-elementtree package.