So - rug using the same yum source as yum:

michael@linux:/opt/OpenOffice/src680-m152> sudo rug in perl-SOAP-Lite
Resolving Dependencies...

ERROR: Dependency resolution failed:
Resolver Failed

<sigh: pretty useless error message: switch back to yum again: >

michael@linux:/opt/OpenOffice/src680-m152> sudo yum install -y perl-SOAP-Lite
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
unstable                  100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00     
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for perl-SOAP-Lite to pack into transaction set.
perl-SOAP-Lite.rpm        100% |=========================|  27 kB    00:00     
---> Package perl-SOAP-Lite.i586 0:0.66-2 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: perl-HTTPS-Daemon for package: perl-SOAP-Lite
--> Processing Dependency: perl-MIME-Lite for package: perl-SOAP-Lite
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for perl-HTTPS-Daemon to pack into transaction set.
perl-HTTPS-Daemon.rpm     100% |=========================| 4.1 kB    00:00     
---> Package perl-HTTPS-Daemon.i586 0:1.02-7 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for perl-MIME-Lite to pack into transaction set.
perl-MIME-Lite.rpm        100% |=========================| 5.2 kB    00:00     
---> Package perl-MIME-Lite.i586 0:3.01-145 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size 
=============================================================================
Installing:
 perl-SOAP-Lite          i586       0.66-2           unstable          365 k
Installing for dependencies:
 perl-HTTPS-Daemon       i586       1.02-7           unstable           15 k
 perl-MIME-Lite          i586       3.01-145         unstable           73 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      3 Package(s)         
Update       0 Package(s)         
Remove       0 Package(s)         
Total download size: 453 k
Downloading Packages:
(1/3): perl-HTTPS-Daemon. 100% |=========================|  15 kB    00:00     
(2/3): perl-MIME-Lite.rpm 100% |=========================|  73 kB    00:00     
(3/3): perl-SOAP-Lite.rpm 100% |=========================| 365 kB    00:03     
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing: perl-MIME-Lite               ######################### [1/3] 
  Installing: perl-HTTPS-Daemon            ######################### [2/3] 
  Installing: perl-SOAP-Lite               ######################### [3/3] 

Installed: perl-SOAP-Lite.i586 0:0.66-2
Dependency Installed: perl-HTTPS-Daemon.i586 0:1.02-7 perl-MIME-Lite.i586 0:3.01-145
Complete!