Dave Stevens wrote: > [root@localhost tmp]# rpm -q python python-elementtree yum > python-2.4.3-9.FC5 > python-elementtree-1.2.6-7.fc3.rf > yum-2.6.1-0.fc5 The .fc3 in the python-elementtree rpm is almost surely the culprit. > well, I recently enabled rpmforge as a repo so presumably that's > where it came from. can I use rpm to remove and reinstall yum? Yum isn't the problem, the package from rpmforge is. How did you enable rpmforge on FC5? I don't see any FC5 info on their site. It may be outdated, but it looks like they only support up through FC4. You can download the python-elementtree package from any Fedora mirror and use rpm to install it. $ wget http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/5/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/python-elementtree-1.2.6-4.2.1.i386.rpm $ rpm -K python-elementtree-1.2.6-4.2.1.i386.rpm # to verify the rpm $ sudo rpm -Uvh --oldpackage python-elementtree-1.2.6-4.2.1.i386.rpm (Skip the sudo if you're already root, of course.) You should then check that you've got the rpmforge repo properly configured. If you're getting .fc3 packages, I think something is wrong with either your config or theirs. That needs to be fixed or you're likely to have more problems. -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ====================================================================== Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing. -- Ambrose Bierce
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