On 11/27/2010 04:38 PM John R Pierce wrote: > On 11/27/10 12:44 PM, ken wrote: >> This would seem like a bug... or why is yum trying to install package >> versions which are already installed? > > this most frequently happens when you mix dependencies of different yum > repositories. I noted .rf in your output, RPM Forge, this has in my > experience caused conflicts with EPEL. John, I agree... that's pretty much when it happens (...not all the time though). What I don't understand is why yum can't see simply PACKAGE and VERSION and see they're the same as what's already installed. That seems to me to be a design flaw in yum.