Re: how to review info for yum updates?

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Thomas TS wrote:
> Joe Smith wrote:
>> I'm uncomfortable with the level of information readily available when
>> an update comes down the pipe. What can be done to improve the situation?
>>
>> I'm not trying to second-guess the folks who push the updates; I'm
>> amazed at the high quality of the updates, but I would feel a lot
>> better if I had a better idea of what was being installed and why.
>>
>> Ok, so something tells me there is an update available for gimp. How can
>> I review the purpose and scope of the update, preferably before I tell
>> yum to go ahead and install it?
>>
> There is a way to just download the updates but not really install them ?
> 
You may want to take a look at the yum-downloadonly plugin and the
--downloadonly flag it adds.

Mikkel
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