On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 15:16, Nick Marsh wrote: > # yum -y update XFree86 > Gathering package information from servers > Getting headers from: Red Hat Linux 8.0 base > Getting headers from: Red Hat Linux 8.0 updates > Finding updated packages > Downloading needed headers > Resolving dependencies > ......identical dependency loop exceeded > package XFree86-twm needs XFree86 = 4.2.0 (not provided) > package XFree86-twm needs XFree86 = 4.2.0 (not provided) > package XFree86-xdm needs XFree86 = 4.2.0 (not provided) > package XFree86-xdm needs XFree86 = 4.2.0 (not provided) > > WTH? I htought YUM was supposed to handle that. How can I fix this? > 1. need a version of yum. 2. need a version of rpm I think the bug you're seeing has been fixed in cvs could you send the above two things and try: yum -y update XFree86-\* thanks -sv