*Erik is working on a coffee, is now classified as 'sentient'* > installgroup Groupname > installgroup AnotherGroupname -c http://path/to/yum.conf > updategroup Groupname > remove pkgname > install pkgname > update pkgname -c http://path/to/yum.conf > # comment > ; comment I like your idea here; reason being that with my local system, each host here uses yum twice - one config for the redhat release and it's updates (using "yum -c http://blarg update"), and one for 'extras', like select freshrpm packages, and whatever else people ask for once I do the rollout (using " yum -c http://foo install \* "). Looks like this could take care of that. I agree with Troy about the syntax; the command-line syntax is great. e.