As it turns out, you were pretty close. It was pointing at RH9 = repositories. Not sure what I was thinking about when I did this. I = think I was on autopilot at the time, mimicking the yum.conf I was using = for RH9, but failing to actually change the paths to 7.3. I'm thankful that the problem was a trivial case of PEBCAK, although = I'll admit to feeling a little foolish. Thanks again, Seth. jc >=20 > That output looks more like a he has/had a 7.3 machine and=20 > accidentally > pointed it at 8.0 repositories. >=20 > forcing a partial and painful update attempt >=20 > ESPECIALLY the perl vs perl_NDBM_File output. >=20 > perl in 8.0 integrated and obsoleted perl_NDBM_File >=20 > But if he pointed his system at an 8.0 repo and did yum update then > obsoletes are not consulted (only consulted in yum upgrade)=20 > and it would > throw a hissy fit. Additionally the rpm statements there reek of a 7.X > to 8.0 upgrade, possibly 9. >=20 > -sv >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum >=20
