John R Pierce wrote: > On 01/05/12 6:17 AM, John Doe wrote: >> How come a simple update of a a single package from CentOS update >> >> would "alter RPMDB outside of yum"...? > > I've gotten those messages when I've installed an RPM without using yum. yes, it appears yum is trying to become more than a depsolver and frontend for the package manager, ie rpm. Meaning we'll have fewer options available... depsolver lock-in? oh well...