On 01/03/2014 10:58 AM, Panu Matilainen wrote: > On 01/03/2014 05:04 PM, Kevin Martin wrote: >> On 01/03/2014 08:53 AM, Ales Kozumplik wrote: >>> On 01/03/2014 03:47 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: >>>> This is a Fedora-20 64 bit XFCE system. >>>> >>>> Only once has this produced an update for me: >>>> >>>> [root@box10 bobg]# dnf update >>>> Resolving dependencies >>>> --> Starting dependency resolution >>>> --> Finished dependency resolution >>>> Dependencies resolved. >>>> Nothing to do. >>>> >>>> But yum update a moment later: >>>> >>>> Transaction Summary >>>> ========================================================================================================================================================================================= >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Install 2 Packages >>>> Upgrade 23 Packages >>>> >>>> Total download size: 45 M >>>> Is this ok [y/d/N]: y >>>> >>>> And it went through to complete this morning's update. >>>> >>>> What is wrong? DNF man page shows an update command ,,, >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> >>> >>> Hey Bob, >>> >>> that's expected: >>> >>> http://dnf.baseurl.org/2014/01/02/dnf-update-and-yum-update-produce-different-output/ >>> >>> Ales >> >> That seems counterproductive. If there are updates to be had then dnf needs to find them and apply them. Blaming metadata timing >> to result in no updates is a dodge and needs to be corrected. If not seeing available updates is not considered "a real update >> problem" then what is? Yet another place where dnf will need to improve before becoming a yum replacement. > > You can get similar "inconsistency" with just yum on two different computers sitting under your desk because they are on different > metadata expiry timer, and can also end up using different mirrors. > > - Panu - > Agreed, but if dnf is expecting to be a yum replacement then shouldn't it do updates *better* than yum? What's the point if not to have an improved tool? If it's just going to be the same old thing then why bother? Kevin -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
