So I nonchalantly typed this and walked away from my rawhide box.. "yum -y install libgnome-devel gcc-c++" I must admit to being somewhat surprised at this : Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: gcc-c++ x86_64 4.1.1-14 development 3.6 M libgnome-devel i386 2.15.1-3.fc6 development 112 k libgnome-devel x86_64 2.15.1-3.fc6 development 117 k Installing for dependencies: GConf2 i386 2.14.0-2.1 development 1.5 M GConf2-devel x86_64 2.14.0-2.1 development 202 k ORBit2 i386 2.14.2-1.fc6 development 252 k ORBit2-devel x86_64 2.14.2-1.fc6 development 386 k alsa-lib-devel x86_64 1.0.12-1.rc1 development 1.4 M atk i386 1.12.1-2 development 217 k audiofile-devel x86_64 1:0.2.6-5 development 15 k audit-libs i386 1.2.5-6 development 39 k avahi i386 0.6.11-2.fc6 development 226 k avahi-glib i386 0.6.11-2.fc6 development 13 k bzip2-libs i386 1.0.3-3 development 36 k cairo i386 1.2.0-2 development 451 k cups-libs i386 1:1.2.2-7 development 175 k dbus i386 0.90-8 development 638 k dbus-devel x86_64 0.90-8 development 30 k dbus-glib i386 0.70-4 development 153 k dbus-glib-devel x86_64 0.70-4 development 10 k esound-devel x86_64 1:0.2.36-3 development 34 k fontconfig i386 2.3.95-6 development 190 k gamin i386 0.1.7-1.2.2 development 119 k gcc x86_64 4.1.1-14 development 4.7 M glib2 i386 2.12.1-1 development 667 k glib2-devel x86_64 2.12.1-1 development 1.3 M glibc-devel x86_64 2.4.90-17 development 2.4 M glibc-headers x86_64 2.4.90-17 development 589 k gnome-vfs2 i386 2.15.90-2.fc6 development 1.3 M gnome-vfs2-devel x86_64 2.15.90-2.fc6 development 486 k gnutls i386 1.4.1-1 development 350 k gtk2 i386 2.10.1-1 development 5.9 M hal i386 0.5.7.1-2.fc6 development 287 k hal-devel x86_64 0.5.7.1-2.fc6 development 157 k indent x86_64 2.2.9-14.fc6 development 97 k libIDL i386 0.8.7-1.fc6 development 85 k libIDL-devel x86_64 0.8.7-1.fc6 development 18 k libXcursor i386 1.1.7-1.1 development 32 k libXfixes i386 4.0.1-2.1 development 14 k libXft i386 2.1.10-1.1 development 44 k libXinerama i386 1.0.1-2.1 development 9.9 k libXrandr i386 1.1.1-3.1 development 15 k libXrender i386 0.9.1-3.1 development 27 k libacl i386 2.2.39-1.1 development 19 k libattr i386 2.4.32-1.1 development 12 k libbonobo i386 2.15.0-2 development 496 k libbonobo-devel x86_64 2.15.0-2 development 500 k libcap i386 1.10-25 development 22 k libgcrypt-devel x86_64 1.2.2-3.1 development 266 k libgnome i386 2.15.1-3.fc6 development 854 k libgomp x86_64 4.1.1-14 development 54 k libgpg-error-devel x86_64 1.3-3.1 development 16 k libpng i386 2:1.2.10-6 development 242 k libstdc++-devel x86_64 4.1.1-14 development 10 M libxml2-devel x86_64 2.6.26-2.1.1 development 2.2 M libxslt-devel x86_64 1.1.17-1.1 development 307 k pango i386 1.13.5-1 development 334 k zlib-devel x86_64 1.2.3-3 development 102 k Updating for dependencies: libstdc++ x86_64 4.1.1-14 development 330 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 58 Package(s) Update 1 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) If the mix of 58 i386/64 packages is perfectly normal and required for libgnome-devel then I'll go back to my corner and be quiet. It failed the transaction check as well for the curious : Transaction Check Error: file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_default_applications.schemas from install of gnome-vfs2-2.15.90-2.fc6 conflicts with file from package gnome-vfs2-2.15.3-7 file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_url_handlers.schemas from install of gnome-vfs2-2.15.90-2.fc6 conflicts with file from package gnome-vfs2-2.15.3-7 file /etc/gconf/schemas/system_dns_sd.schemas from install of gnome-vfs2-2.15.90-2.fc6 conflicts with file from package gnome-vfs2-2.15.3-7 file /etc/gconf/schemas/system_http_proxy.schemas from install of gnome-vfs2-2.15.90-2.fc6 conflicts with file from package gnome-vfs2-2.15.3-7 file /etc/gconf/schemas/system_smb.schemas from install of gnome-vfs2-2.15.90-2.fc6 conflicts with file from package gnome-vfs2-2.15.3-7 But then gnome-vfs2 updated fine.. Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Updating : gnome-vfs2 ######################### [1/4] Updating : gnome-vfs2-smb ######################### [2/4] Cleanup : gnome-vfs2-smb ######################### [3/4] Cleanup : gnome-vfs2 ######################### [4/4] Updated: gnome-vfs2.x86_64 0:2.15.90-2.fc6 Dependency Updated: gnome-vfs2-smb.x86_64 0:2.15.90-2.fc6 Complete! And after that the devel packages installed fine, which was nice, but odd I thought. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list