> okay it is possible you're getting bitten by something that rpm does. > It's called an implicit obsolete. > > I had forgotten about it. > > if you could try this command: > > rpm -Uvh --test /path/to/nmap_rpm > > tell me what it comes back to you with. Seth, On a machine with net-snmp from stock RHEL, the rpm -Uvh --test command returns the attached output. However, my problem is that I have an RPM that obsoletes "net-snmp" when net-snmp-cmaX is already installed. It appears that obsolete is trying to obsolete net-snmp-cmaX as well. /Brian/ -- Brian Long | | | IT Data Center Systems | .|||. .|||. Cisco Linux Developer | ..:|||||||:...:|||||||:.. Phone: (919) 392-7363 | C i s c o S y s t e m s -------------- next part -------------- Preparing... ################################################## file /etc/rc.d/init.d/snmpd from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /etc/rc.d/init.d/snmptrapd from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/lib/libnetsnmp.so.5 from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/lib/libnetsnmpagent.so.5 from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/lib/libnetsnmphelpers.so.5 from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/lib/libnetsnmpmibs.so.5 from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/lib/libsnmp.so.5 from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/sbin/snmpd from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/sbin/snmptrapd from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/share/man/man5/snmp.conf.5.gz from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/share/man/man5/snmp_config.5.gz from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/share/man/man5/snmpd.conf.5.gz from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/share/man/man5/snmptrapd.conf.5.gz from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/share/man/man5/variables.5.gz from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/share/man/man8/snmpd.8.gz from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/share/man/man8/snmptrapd.8.gz from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/share/snmp/mib2c.array-user.conf from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/share/snmp/mib2c.column_enums.conf from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/share/snmp/mib2c.conf from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/share/snmp/mib2c.iterate.conf from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/share/snmp/mib2c.scalar.conf from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/share/snmp/mibs/HOST-RESOURCES-MIB.txt from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/share/snmp/mibs/IANAifType-MIB.txt from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/share/snmp/mibs/NET-SNMP-AGENT-MIB.txt from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/share/snmp/mibs/NET-SNMP-EXAMPLES-MIB.txt from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1 file /usr/share/snmp/mibs/NET-SNMP-MIB.txt from install of net-snmp-cmaX-5.1-83 conflicts with file from package net-snmp-5.0.9-2.30E.1