Description of problem:

The glob fails:

[root@nostromo ~]# yum install scim-tables\*
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "skip-broken" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: scim-tables*
Nothing to do

But:

[root@nostromo ~]# yum install scim-tables-additional
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "skip-broken" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
Checking deps for scim-tables-additional.i386 0-0.5.7-1.fc7 - u
--> Processing Dependency: scim-tables = 0.5.7 for package: scim-tables-additional
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Running transaction check
Checking deps for scim-tables.i386 0-0.5.7-1.fc7 - u
--> Processing Dependency: libscim-1.0.so.8 for package: scim-tables
--> Processing Dependency: scim for package: scim-tables
...

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

yum-3.1.2-1.fc7