Tim: >> Incidentally, if someone can tell me why "rpm -qa openssh-\*" doesn't >> return "openssh-4.3p2-19.fc6" in the list, but "rpm -qa openssh\*" does, >> I'd like to know. David G. Miller: > The dash after openssh in openssh-4.2p1-fc4.10 is the delimiter between > the package name and the version. The dash after openssh in any of the > others (e.g., openssh-askpass-4.3p2-19.fc6) is part of the package > name. The wild card works on package names; not versions. Ta very muchly, it makes sense now. -- (This box runs FC6, my others run FC4 & FC5, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.