any idea how to get out of this pickle? [root at oem /home/jason]$yum update glibc Loaded plugins: product-id, rhnplugin, search-disabled-repos, security This system is receiving updates from RHN Classic or Red Hat Satellite. Setting up Update Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package glibc.x86_64 0:2.12-1.209.el6_9.1 will be updated ---> Package glibc.x86_64 0:2.12-1.209.el6_9.2 will be an update --> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.12-1.209.el6_9.2 for package: glibc-2.12-1.209.el6_9.2.x86_64 --> Running transaction check ---> Package glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.12-1.209.el6_9.1 will be updated --> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.12-1.209.el6_9.1 for package: glibc-2.12-1.209.el6_9.1.i686 ---> Package glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.12-1.209.el6_9.2 will be an update --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Package: glibc-2.12-1.209.el6_9.1.i686 (@rhel-6-server-rpms) Requires: glibc-common = 2.12-1.209.el6_9.1 Removing: glibc-common-2.12-1.209.el6_9.1.x86_64 (@rhel-6-server-rpms) glibc-common = 2.12-1.209.el6_9.1 Updated By: glibc-common-2.12-1.209.el6_9.2.x86_64 (rhel6xbase) glibc-common = 2.12-1.209.el6_9.2 Available: glibc-common-2.12-1.166.el6_7.8.x86_64 (rhel6xupdates) glibc-common = 2.12-1.166.el6_7.8 ********************************************************************** yum can be configured to try to resolve such errors by temporarily enabling disabled repos and searching for missing dependencies. To enable this functionality please set 'notify_only=0' in /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/search-disabled-repos.conf ********************************************************************** Error: Package: glibc-2.12-1.209.el6_9.1.i686 (@rhel-6-server-rpms) Requires: glibc-common = 2.12-1.209.el6_9.1 Removing: glibc-common-2.12-1.209.el6_9.1.x86_64 (@rhel-6-server-rpms) glibc-common = 2.12-1.209.el6_9.1 Updated By: glibc-common-2.12-1.209.el6_9.2.x86_64 (rhel6xbase) glibc-common = 2.12-1.209.el6_9.2 Available: glibc-common-2.12-1.166.el6_7.8.x86_64 (rhel6xupdates) glibc-common = 2.12-1.166.el6_7.8 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest [root at oem /home/jason]$ Jason --