On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2008-07-28 at 09:58 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i don't recall seeing this behaviour before: > > > > $ yum info coreutils > > Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit > > Installed Packages > > Name : coreutils > > Arch : i386 > > Version : 6.10 > > Release : 27.fc9 > > Size : 10 M > > Repo : installed > > Summary : The GNU core utilities: a set of tools commonly used in shell scripts > > URL : http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ > > License : GPLv3+ > > Description: These are the GNU core utilities. This package is the combination of the > > : old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages. > > > > Available Packages > > Name : coreutils > > Arch : i386 > > Version : 6.10 > > Release : 27.fc9 > > Size : 4.4 M > > Repo : updates > > Summary : The GNU core utilities: a set of tools commonly used in shell scripts > > URL : http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ > > License : GPLv3+ > > Description: These are the GNU core utilities. This package is the combination of the > > : old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages. > > > > this seems to be happening no matter which installed package i > > query. thoughts? > > Look at the Repo line in each record. What you are seeing is the > actual installed size (10M) versus the downloadable package size > (4.4M). RPM packages are compressed. If the package wasn't > installed, you'd only see the repo record. oh, i noticed that, but has it *always* done it that way? i've just never noticed that, and i'm *sure* i've done that kind of query before. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA ======================================================================== -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
