today an apt get upgrade holds back php and submodules like php imap running an apt get install php to see what s up i get apt get install php processing file dependencies done reading package lists done building dependency tree done the following extra packages will be installed curl devel imap imap devel mysql mysql devel php imap php ldap postgresql postgresql devel postgresql libs pspell devel ucd snmp devel ucd snmp utils unixodbc unixodbc devel the following new packages will be installed curl devel imap imap devel mysql mysql devel postgresql postgresql devel postgresql libs pspell devel ucd snmp devel ucd snmp utils unixodbc unixodbc devel the following packages will be upgraded php php imap php ldap NUMBER packages upgraded NUMBER newly installed NUMBER to remove replace and NUMBER not upgraded anyone have an idea what the heck redhat did here and why we re now trying to install a ton of crap i don t want i m hoping someone else has chased this down and could save me time thx te troy engel systems engineer cool as the other side of the pillow _______________________________________________ rpm list mailing list rpm list freshrpms net URL 