On Apr 15, 2008, at 7:29 AM, Ralf S. Engelschall wrote:

Here's where perl erasure was added to the transaction:

>
> D:    upgrade erases perl-5.10.0-20080413

Does perl-utils attempt a virtual Provide: for perl?

If so, rpm considers perl-utils "newer" than perl and is erasing the
perl package.

FYI: there is a --noupgrade option that will disable the specific  
loop that
is attempting to "upgrade" perl by erasing older versions.

73 de Jeff