"No transaction to process" on trying to update using the software update GUI

Issue

• This is an Apache/PHP server. Software Updates reports that it has 5 updates available, including an update for PHP to php-5.3.3-3.el6(x86_64) [the others are associated php updates]

• Yet when Its told to proceed, it comes back with Transaction error

  Error: No transaction to process
  

• From the yum-errors.log, found the following errors:

  ---> Package php.x86_64 0:5.3.2-6.el6_0.1 will be updated
  Checking deps for php.x86_64 0:5.3.2-6.el6_0.1 - ud
  php-devel-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64 requires: php = 5.3.2-6.el6_0.1
  --> Processing Dependency: php = 5.3.2-6.el6_0.1 for package: php-devel-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64
  
  Potential Provider: php.x86_64 0:5.3.2-6.el6_0.1
  
  
  Trying to update php-devel-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64 to resolve dep
  No update paths found for php-devel-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64. Failure!
  
  Error: Package: php-devel-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64 (@rhel-x86_64-server-optional-6)
             Requires: php = 5.3.2-6.el6_0.1
             Removing: php-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64 (@rhel-x86_64-server-6)
                 php = 5.3.2-6.el6_0.1
             Updated By: php-5.3.3-3.el6.x86_64 (rhel-x86_64-server-6)
                 php = 5.3.3-3.el6
             Available: php-5.3.2-6.el6.x86_64 (rhel-x86_64-server-6)
                 php = 5.3.2-6.el6