> >> Obviously I'm missing a > po/usr/dlds-rpms/libxml2-python-2.6.10-1.1.fc2.nr.i386.rpmint here > because historically I have had > >> to forceably reinstall the older versions of libxml2 here several > >> times before to get yum to work again. > >> where did you get this package from? > FC2 with lots of updates via tarball builds, but that should not be > related, I've (up till now) been carefull not to touch the > yum/python/libxml2 stuffs after getting burnt previously. updates via tarballs is a really bad idea. > >what version of yum? > > yum-2.0.7-1.1 > > >what version of libxml2 and libxml2-python are installed? > > libxml2-python-2.6.16-2 > libxml2-devel-2.6.10-1.1.fc2.nr > libxml2-2.6.16-2 does it strike you as alarming that those 3 don't all match? > I've since tried to re-install the 2.6.10-1.1 stuffs but apparently > failed. It was yum that upgraded it all to 2.6.16-2 this morning. so then yum is working? > There are pieces of python-1.5, 2.2, and 2.3 installed here. Its been > that way since I upgraded RH7.3 to FC2. I'd like to show you to: http://torrent.fedoraproject.org go download an install disk and fix your system. -sv -- fedora-legacy-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legacy-list