uname -a Linux 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.centos.plus #1 SMP Tue Oct 26 04:07:11 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I thought -q meant 'no output'. Recently yum -q has started spewing the following garbage, can anyone tell me why? thanks, Dave # yum -yq --security check-update 2>/dev/null Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities, security Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * addons: mirror.5ninesolutions.com * base: ftp.osuosl.org * centosplus: centos.promopeddler.com * contrib: mirrors.kernel.org * epel: mirror.pnl.gov * extras: mirror.rocketinternet.net * rpmforge: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de * rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.web-ster.com * rpmfusion-free-updates-testing: mirror.web-ster.com * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.web-ster.com * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing: mirror.web-ster.com * updates: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu Limiting package lists to security relevant ones No packages needed, for security, 31 available aalib.x86_64 1.4.0-5.el5.rf rpmforge blas.x86_64 3.1.1-1.el5.rf rpmforge cadaver.x86_64 0.22.5-1.el5.rf rpmforge dnsmasq.x86_64 2.55-1.el5.rf rpmforge emacs-git.x86_64 1.7.3-1.el5.rf rpmforge enca.x86_64 1.10-1.el5.rf rpmforge gdal.x86_64 1.4.4-2.el5.rf rpmforge geos.x86_64 3.2.2-1.el5.rf rpmforge git.x86_64 1.7.3-1.el5.rf rpmforge hdf5.x86_64 1.8.0-1.el5.rf rpmforge iso-codes.noarch 1.0a-1.el5.rf rpmforge lapack.x86_64 3.1.1-1.el5.rf rpmforge lftp.x86_64 4.0.10-1.el5.rf rpmforge libextractor.x86_64 0.5.22-2.el5.rf rpmforge libmpcdec.x86_64 1.2.6-1.el5.rf rpmforge libpaper.x86_64 1.1.22-1.el5.rf rpmforge libwpd.x86_64 0.8.14-1.el5.rf rpmforge mtr.x86_64 2:0.80-1.el5.rf rpmforge netcdf.x86_64 3.6.3-1.el5.rf rpmforge netcdf-devel.x86_64 3.6.3-1.el5.rf rpmforge perl-Compress-Zlib.noarch 2.015-1.el5.rf rpmforge perl-DBI.x86_64 1.615-1.el5.rf rpmforge perl-Git.x86_64 1.7.3-1.el5.rf rpmforge perl-HTML-Parser.x86_64 3.68-1.el5.rf rpmforge perl-HTML-Tagset.noarch 3.20-1.el5.rf rpmforge proj.x86_64 4.7.0-1.el5.rf rpmforge rsync.x86_64 3.0.7-1.el5.rf rpmforge syslinux.x86_64 4.03-1.el5.rf rpmforge udftools.x86_64 1.0.0b3-3.el5.rf rpmforge xvidcore.x86_64 1.2.2-1.el5.rf rpmforge Obsoleting Packages perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.030-2.el5.rf dag perl-Compress-Zlib.x86_64 1.42-1.fc6 installed -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20101108/02d7a8aa/attachment-0003.html>