Michael, Seth & Troy, I can accept that working my proposal into YUM might not be feasible. (But please do not fault me for asking!) Troy wrote: > I have a small writeup here on making a yumified > mirror and delaying package deployment: > http://www.jdmz.net/yum/index.html > http://www.jdmz.net/yum/lag-updates.html > Total hackery and crusty, but may help you get what > you want accomplished. Excellent! I will give it a try. If it works for me, I will do what I can to help let others know about the option. Thanks, Rick