I have never been able to get apache and php and mysql to install properly using rpm's. It was just as much work as just compiling them to me. I just did it several times with yum and it seems to be fine. I have been lurking on this list for a month and have read almost every thread. I have had connections time out and other things happen but over all I think every error or issue that I have experienced was tied to busy repositories. I even tried changing the order in this one to see if some dep would go unsatisfied or crap out. Not the case.
