> > Ok, that brings up another question or 3. Why is "yum update yum" done > seperately? Why not just "yum update" and just have a new rpm of yum in a local > repository? Does it really matter?? it is a holdover from yup, essentially. the idea - lets say you are applying some packages that do something crazy and break yum. Well if you can fix yum first it will update itself first, then go about the other update. it's a foot-shooting save :) -sv
