--=-fnLeQB0+M0JitrBdbGq9 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Is there some simple way to fix this that I'm ignorant of EXCEPT to do > it inside a yum-like tool that can do the requisite marking and > dependency resolution all at one time before proceeding? in the case kdesdk-devel - remove it - I did. nothing depends on it. in the case of sendmail-smrsh - I can put an obsolete in the rpm for 7.3 - but this is NOT the place to discuss that. > That would be a tolerable approach, but what does Red Hat do when one > selects the "upgrade" option in a 7.3 reinstall? It does the wrong > thing in some ways (trashing and rebuilding the base filesystem, > trashing key configuration files) but it does the right thing as far as > package selection. In fact, I'd say that this "defines" the right thing > for yum to do if one enters a newly defined "yum upgrade". 1. red hat puts "remove this shite" messages in their release-notes - check out the release notes for 7.2 and 7.3 - you'll note a little "remove all ximian stuff" in there. 2. In certain cases they fudge it, in other cases they bail. =20 -sv --=-fnLeQB0+M0JitrBdbGq9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQA9D08x1Aj3x2mIbMcRAqo+AKCMobAp1PKnLirnTCKUrZY9BwcgIQCgpA3S Yzx9XUDNWe2oIllh/bfyD30= =Ecmm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-fnLeQB0+M0JitrBdbGq9--