On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Axel Thimm wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 12:49:35PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Axel Thimm wrote: > > > > > Hm, I did the above the minute I wrote the mail. This is fc4-i386, you > > > are pointing smart to a repo that has the updated gcc (like > > > dl.atrpms.net), and have not forgotten the smart update, right? > > > > > > What does smart query gcc return (see below for my output)? You could > > > also try smart upgrade gcc. > > > > > > Loading cache... > > > Updating cache... ######################################## [100%] > > > > > > gcc-4.0.0-8@i386 > > > gcc-4.0.1-4.fc4@i386 > > > > > > Saving cache... > > > > > > my results (keeping in mind that i'm new to using "smart"): > > > > # smart query gcc > > Loading cache... > > Updating cache... > > ######################################## [100%] > > > > gcc-4.0.0-8@i386 > > gcc-4.0.1-4.fc4@i386 > > > > > > # smart upgrade > > Loading cache... > > Updating cache... > > ######################################## [100%] > > > > Computing transaction... > > No interesting upgrades available. > > # smart upgrade gcc > > Loading cache... > > Updating cache... > > ######################################## [100%] > > > > Computing transaction... > > No interesting upgrades available. > > # > > > > ok, i'm open to suggestions. > > This really looks awkward. rpm -q gcc verifies that you are still on > gcc 4.0.0? yup, that's the first thing i checked. # rpm -q gcc gcc-4.0.0-8 at this point, any yum command i run prints: Setting up repositories and just hangs. i'm not liking the look of this, and i just went in and disabled a pile of repositories to see if i can isolate the problem. rday