Hi all, There has already been lots off discussion on the issue mentioned in the subject but the invariable conclusion has been that everything goes smoothly in the end. Having read numerous of those mails I went ahead and upgraded. Lo and behold I have a spanking new system with everything upgraded. Mind you everything "upgraded" new things like yum etc have NOT been installed. The "Add or remove packages" does not list yum etc..This may also result in the problem with this package for which I believe there is already an update available on Jeremy Katz page. I am consistently writing etc since yum is the obvious thing which has not been installed I am still trying to figure out what else is missing. Is this how upgrade is meant to behave ?? I mean is upgrade only supposed to upgrade the packages already present and miss out the new and very important packages like yum in this case ??? Somebody please clarify on this. Thanks, -- Arindam Dey The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. GPG FPR: B8E3 219E F129 F970 F4A7 BC50 9636 504A BEDF 5739