gonna switch, not fight. downloaded the Real FC 4 images and will be back after i get the install done. thx very much for all your support, jackc... On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 16:57 -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 15:33 -0500, William Hooper wrote: > > jackc wrote: > > [snip] > > >> What is the output of "rpm -qi python". > > >> > > > > > > Name : python Relocations: (not > > > relocatable) Version : 2.3.4 Vendor: Red > > > Hat, Inc. > > > Release : 14 Build Date: Thu 04 Nov 2004 > > > 11:11:06 AM PST > > > Install Date: Wed 21 Dec 2005 02:58:21 PM PST Build Host: > > > tweety.build.redhat.com > > [snip] > > > > In addition to being a differnet version, the FC4 python RPM is built on > > "decompose.build.redhat.com", not "tweety.build.redhat.com". It is also > > signed with a different key. This is not a FC4 python RPM. > > > > [snip] > > >> rpm -q --provides redhat-release > > > config(redhat-release) = 4ES-2 redhat-release = 4ES-2 > > > > > > what does this translate to? > > > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES, not Fedora Core 4. > > > > Actually because my command was wrong, FC4 doesn't find anything. The > > command should be "rpm -q --whatprovides redhat-release". On a FC4 system > > it is provided by "fedora-release-4-2". > ---- > He's using RHEL - there is no yum on RHEL > > He's on the wrong mailing list... > > below is information for RHEL/RH ES-2 > nahant-list mailing list > nahant-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/nahant-list > > any answers from this list about your installation are not necessarily > accurate since they don't pertain to your system. > > Craig > -- Jack Craig XPath/SAS Team Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. 1600 Technology Dr. San Jose, CA 95110 408.333.7478 Direct E-mail: jcraig@xxxxxxxxxxx