Hey Jared, > You may find this interesting, perhaps even useful. > And of course, it does involve Perl. :) > > http://www.pythian.com/news/27959/linux-patching-and-oracle-how-to-detect-rpm-conflicts-before-they-happen-2 Nice article! Going through an Oracle Linux upgrade/migration now, so I can definitely use this. Unfortunately, the link to the zip of the Perl on the bottom of the page leads to a 404. :( Rich -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l