I finally decided to remove all the up2date stuff..., so [root@yogi root]# yum remove up2date <snip /> Resolving dependencies .package rhn-applet needs /usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT (not provided) I did it again with -d 9 and here is the tail of the massive output: nulist = 1004 uplist = 3 newlist = 1001 obsoleting = 0 obsoleted = 0 Erasing up2date Resolving dependencies Erasing: up2date-i386 Long Check Erasing: up2date-i386 # of Deps = 5 debug dep: firstboot req up2date - - 0 No suggestion for firstboot needing up2date Got Erase Dep: firstboot, noarch debug dep: up2date-gnome req up2date - 3.0.7.1 - 0 No suggestion for up2date-gnome needing up2date Got Erase Dep: up2date-gnome, i386 debug dep: firstboot req up2date - - 0 No suggestion for firstboot needing up2date Got Erase Dep: firstboot, noarch debug dep: up2date-gnome req up2date - 3.0.7.1 - 0 No suggestion for up2date-gnome needing up2date Got Erase Dep: up2date-gnome, i386 debug dep: rhn-applet req /usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT - - 0 No suggestion for rhn-applet needing /usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT Restarting Dependency Loop .package rhn-applet needs /usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT (not provided) The strange (to me @ least) thing is that then I did [root@yogi root]# yum remove rhn-applet <snip /> Dependencies resolved I will do the following: [erase: rhn-applet.i386] Is this ok [y/N]: y warning: /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhn-applet saved as /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhn-applet.rpmsave Erased: rhn-applet.i386 Transaction(s) Complete [root@yogi root]# yum remove up2date <snip /> getting /var/cache/yum/updates80/headers/rhn-applet-0-2.0.9-0.8.0.1.i386.hdr Resolving dependencies .Dependencies resolved I will do the following: [erase: up2date.i386] I will erase these to satisfy the depedencies: [deps: firstboot.noarch] [deps: up2date-gnome.i386] Is this ok [y/N]: y warning: /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date saved as /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date.rpmsave Erased: up2date.i386 firstboot.noarch up2date-gnome.i386 Transaction(s) Complete so everything works! [root@yogi root]# yum list yum <snip /> yum noarch 1.0.1-1_80 Piero
