well here is what yum coughs when trying to update something: [root@localhost root]# yum update openssl Gathering package information from servers Getting headers from: Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386 - freshrpms Getting headers from: Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386 - os Getting headers from: Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386 - updates Finding updated packages Downloading needed headers getting /var/cache/yum/updates/headers/sane-backends-devel-0-1.0.7-6.2.i386.hdr getting /var/cache/yum/updates/headers/sane-backends-0-1.0.7-6.2.i386.hdr Resolving dependencies ....identical dependency loop exceeded package openssl-devel needs openssl = 0.9.6b-32.7 (not provided) package openssl-perl needs openssl = 0.9.6b-32.7 (not provided) package openssl-devel needs openssl = 0.9.6b-32.7 (not provided) package openssl-perl needs openssl = 0.9.6b-32.7 (not provided) If someone could shed some light here I would be grateful. I'm using yum 1.0.3. -- Did you move a lot of KOREAN STEAK KNIVES this trip, Dingy?