# rpm -Uvh /var/cache/yum/*/packages/httpd-2.0.54-10.1.x86_64.rpm Then repeat the "rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}\n' httpd\*" and see what you get. Paul.
httpd is not in the cache, only httpd-devel. I ran yum -e 5 -d 5 and this is what I got. RPM *does* think this version is installed:
Running Transaction Test Adding Package httpd - 2.0.54-10.1.x86_64 in mode u Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Adding Package httpd - 2.0.54-10.1.x86_64 in mode u Running Transaction Updating : httpd ######################### [1/2] error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/httpd/modules: cpio: rename Updated: httpd.x86_64 0:2.0.54-10.1 Complete!