Seth: > okay a couple of questions. > 1. is this an amd64 or a nocona? Opteron > 2. what do uname -i and uname -m report? linux% uname -im x86_64 x86_64 > 3. what does /etc/rpm/platform have in it? linux% cat /etc/rpm/platform x86_64-redhat-linux > 4. what does /etc/rpm/macros show? linux% cat /etc/rpm/macros %_transaction_color 3 If it works for you, it may just be a bug in RHEL3 or something in our setup? Thanks a lot, Chris wingc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx