On 07/02/2015 03:11 AM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 7/1/2015 2:35 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: >> OK, here ya go -- >> >> Obsoleting Packages >> >> perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras >> perl-IO-Compress-Bzip2.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates >> perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras >> perl-Compress-Zlib.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates >> perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras >> perl-IO-Compress-Base.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates >> perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras >> perl-IO-Compress-Zlib.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates > > rpmforge née RepoForge is not being updated much anymore and is no > longer a 'good' repository. for an example perl-IO-Compress hasn't been > updated since 2012. anyways, perl-IO-Compress-Bzip2 is part of base > in el6. > > I would uninstall any packages you need that are from rpmforge, remove > that repo from your repos.d and find equivalent packages in a better > supported repository. > > this should list any RepoForge packages that are already installed on > your system... > > rpm -qa |egrep \\.rf > > Yes, I did see this warning on CentOS wiki re RPMForge but decided to use it anyway. But how does this relate to the problem? I DO NOT even have perl-IO-Compress installed. Mostly I figured this was a repository entanglement problem, but I didn't know why. I mean why do I keep getting messages about updating something I don't have installed. -- -------------------------------------------- MzK "We can all sleep easy at night knowing that somewhere at any given time, the Foo Fighters are out there fighting Foo." -- David Letterman