Francois wrote: > So I took on another computer, the file libgcc_s-4.1.2-20070626.so.1, copied > it on my computer under /lib, recreated the appropriate symlink, and > reran "rpm -ivh xxxxx", and it worked fine. Good work... this situation was more than ESR could handle... and it's nice you didn't blame rpm when you must have used --nodeps to get into the situation. The rescue mode method is even more potent medicine to solve this kind of riddle, but your plan got you where you needed to be. -Andy