Listmates, Here are some strange conflicts found during an attempted system update. Thankfully they are limited to the license package, pear and vi: (269/269) checking for file conflicts [#################################################] 100% error: could not prepare transaction error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) licenses: /usr/share/licenses/common/FDL exists in filesystem licenses: /usr/share/licenses/common/GPL exists in filesystem licenses: /usr/share/licenses/common/GPL2/license.txt exists in filesystem licenses: /usr/share/licenses/common/LGPL exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/.registry/xml_util.reg exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/XML/Util.php exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/doc/PEAR/LICENSE exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/doc/XML_Util/examples/example.php exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/doc/XML_Util/examples/example2.php exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/test/XML_Util/tests/AllTests.php exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/test/XML_Util/tests/testBasic_apiVersion.phpt exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/test/XML_Util/tests/testBasic_attributesToString.phpt exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/test/XML_Util/tests/testBasic_collapseEmptyTags.phpt exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/test/XML_Util/tests/testBasic_createCDataSection.phpt exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/test/XML_Util/tests/testBasic_createComment.phpt exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/test/XML_Util/tests/testBasic_createEndElement.phpt exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/test/XML_Util/tests/testBasic_createStartElement.phpt exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/test/XML_Util/tests/testBasic_createTag.phpt exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/test/XML_Util/tests/testBasic_createTagFromArray.phpt exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/test/XML_Util/tests/testBasic_getDocTypeDeclaration.phpt exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/test/XML_Util/tests/testBasic_getXmlDeclaration.phpt exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/test/XML_Util/tests/testBasic_isValidName.phpt exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/test/XML_Util/tests/testBasic_raiseError.phpt exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/test/XML_Util/tests/testBasic_replaceEntities.phpt exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/test/XML_Util/tests/testBasic_reverseEntities.phpt exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/test/XML_Util/tests/testBasic_splitQualifiedName.phpt exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/test/XML_Util/tests/testBug_4950.phpt exists in filesystem php: /usr/share/pear/test/XML_Util/tests/testBug_5392.phpt exists in filesystem vi: /usr/bin/view exists in filesystem I guess these are left overs from the earlier forced kde-unstable install. I'll try an uninstall of the packages and then a reinstall and see how it goes... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com