forget that last posting, someone just pointed out that i'd been down this road before and i forgot about the user/chroot issue. i definitely need some time off ... rday p.s. although it is still unnerving that, although the operation fails, i still get partial results installed for the rpm DB, and in *different* directories. i'll look more into that, it still seems a bit odd. _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list