> yes yes, I'm fully aware of this, but there is something like a 15 package > trail to follow, leaving a bunch of -devel packages in it's wake that one has > to clean up afterward. It's not an easy nor fun task, especailly for people > like me who don't trust apt nor yum to do the dirty work. I might suggest you read the code involved in yum to determine if you trust it. I've taken a lot of time to test and to document the code. It's working for over 600 workstations and servers here at duke and at least 300-400 more at fermilab, to name a few places where I know it is running. -sv