> I didn't know I had a problem until the next yum update failed. > > Note "Updated: yum 2.0.5-1.fd.fr.noarch" in the middle. Although I've > posted three message subjects. This all now seems to be a single problem. > and none of them seem to be related, at all, to the yum update yum in the middle - you appear to be jumping to a very odd conclusion. -sv