And here's proof of what can happen with just --refresh: 1. dnf update 2. dnf update --refresh 3. dnf update --refresh The last run reverts to older metadata with only 50 updates available compared with earlier. Mirror manager assigning to an out-of-date mirror? # dnf update Last metadata expiration check performed 1:19:01 ago on Fri Aug 14 11:29:15 2015. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: kernel x86_64 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.2.fc24 rawhide 72 k kernel-core x86_64 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.2.fc24 rawhide 20 M kernel-modules x86_64 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.2.fc24 rawhide 18 M Upgrading: automake noarch 1.15-5.fc24 rawhide 694 k boost x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 43 k boost-atomic x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 45 k boost-chrono x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 52 k boost-container x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 66 k boost-context x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 58 k boost-coroutine x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 59 k boost-date-time x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 58 k boost-devel x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 8.1 M boost-filesystem x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 73 k boost-graph x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 137 k boost-iostreams x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 67 k boost-locale x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 278 k boost-log x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 478 k boost-math x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 312 k boost-program-options x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 165 k boost-python x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 133 k boost-random x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 51 k boost-regex x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 296 k boost-serialization x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 156 k boost-signals x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 70 k boost-system x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 48 k boost-test x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 220 k boost-thread x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 88 k boost-timer x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 50 k boost-wave x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 234 k crontabs noarch 1.11-11.20150630git.fc24 rawhide 23 k curl x86_64 7.44.0-1.fc24 rawhide 284 k dbus x86_64 1:1.9.20-1.fc24 rawhide 240 k dbus-devel x86_64 1:1.9.20-1.fc24 rawhide 57 k dbus-libs x86_64 1:1.9.20-1.fc24 rawhide 171 k dbus-x11 x86_64 1:1.9.20-1.fc24 rawhide 51 k dhcp-client x86_64 12:4.3.3-0.2b1.fc24 rawhide 297 k dhcp-common noarch 12:4.3.3-0.2b1.fc24 rawhide 192 k dhcp-libs x86_64 12:4.3.3-0.2b1.fc24 rawhide 136 k dracut x86_64 043-60.git20150811.fc24 rawhide 322 k dracut-config-rescue x86_64 043-60.git20150811.fc24 rawhide 44 k dracut-network x86_64 043-60.git20150811.fc24 rawhide 82 k firefox x86_64 40.0-4.fc24 rawhide 71 M fontconfig x86_64 2.11.94-3.fc24 rawhide 241 k fontconfig-devel x86_64 2.11.94-3.fc24 rawhide 136 k gnupg2 x86_64 2.1.6-1.fc24 rawhide 1.8 M hplip x86_64 3.15.7-4.fc24 rawhide 12 M hplip-common x86_64 3.15.7-4.fc24 rawhide 96 k hplip-compat-libs x86_64 3.15.7-4.fc24 rawhide 76 k hplip-libs x86_64 3.15.7-4.fc24 rawhide 185 k kernel-headers x86_64 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.2.fc24 rawhide 1.0 M libblkid x86_64 2.27-0.2.fc24 rawhide 178 k libcacard x86_64 2:2.4.0-1.fc24 rawhide 74 k libcurl x86_64 7.44.0-1.fc24 rawhide 256 k libcurl-devel x86_64 7.44.0-1.fc24 rawhide 596 k liberation-fonts-common noarch 1:1.07.4-6.fc24 rawhide 31 k liberation-mono-fonts noarch 1:1.07.4-6.fc24 rawhide 232 k liberation-sans-fonts noarch 1:1.07.4-6.fc24 rawhide 284 k liberation-serif-fonts noarch 1:1.07.4-6.fc24 rawhide 304 k libfdisk x86_64 2.27-0.2.fc24 rawhide 219 k libmount x86_64 2.27-0.2.fc24 rawhide 195 k libsane-hpaio x86_64 3.15.7-4.fc24 rawhide 112 k libsmartcols x86_64 2.27-0.2.fc24 rawhide 137 k libuuid x86_64 2.27-0.2.fc24 rawhide 78 k netpbm x86_64 10.71.02-1.fc24 rawhide 184 k openssl x86_64 1:1.0.2d-2.fc24 rawhide 510 k openssl-devel x86_64 1:1.0.2d-2.fc24 rawhide 1.5 M openssl-libs x86_64 1:1.0.2d-2.fc24 rawhide 1.2 M pam x86_64 1.2.1-2.fc24 rawhide 729 k python3 x86_64 3.4.3-5.fc24 rawhide 53 k python3-cups x86_64 1.9.72-3.fc24 rawhide 81 k python3-libs x86_64 3.4.3-5.fc24 rawhide 6.7 M qemu-common x86_64 2:2.4.0-1.fc24 rawhide 291 k qemu-guest-agent x86_64 2:2.4.0-1.fc24 rawhide 173 k qemu-img x86_64 2:2.4.0-1.fc24 rawhide 652 k qemu-kvm x86_64 2:2.4.0-1.fc24 rawhide 55 k qemu-system-x86 x86_64 2:2.4.0-1.fc24 rawhide 4.1 M tzdata noarch 2015f-1.fc24 rawhide 406 k tzdata-java noarch 2015f-1.fc24 rawhide 176 k util-linux x86_64 2.27-0.2.fc24 rawhide 2.1 M Removing: kernel x86_64 4.2.0-0.rc5.git2.1.fc24 @System 0 kernel-core x86_64 4.2.0-0.rc5.git2.1.fc24 @System 51 M kernel-modules x86_64 4.2.0-0.rc5.git2.1.fc24 @System 17 M Skipping packages with broken dependencies: fwupd x86_64 0.1.5-1.fc24 rawhide 112 k gnome-software x86_64 3.17.3-1.fc24 rawhide 1.9 M libappstream-glib x86_64 0.5.0-1.fc24 rawhide 179 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 3 Packages Upgrade 76 Packages Remove 3 Packages Total download size: 159 M Is this ok [y/N]: n Operation aborted. # dnf update --refresh Adobe Systems Incorporated 21 kB/s | 1.8 kB 00:00 Fedora - Rawhide - Developmental packages for t 1.5 MB/s | 43 MB 00:29 Last metadata expiration check performed 0:00:13 ago on Fri Aug 14 12:48:43 2015. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: kernel x86_64 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.2.fc24 rawhide 72 k kernel-core x86_64 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.2.fc24 rawhide 20 M kernel-modules x86_64 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.2.fc24 rawhide 18 M Upgrading: automake noarch 1.15-5.fc24 rawhide 694 k boost x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 43 k boost-atomic x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 45 k boost-chrono x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 52 k boost-container x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 66 k boost-context x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 58 k boost-coroutine x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 59 k boost-date-time x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 58 k boost-devel x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 8.1 M boost-filesystem x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 73 k boost-graph x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 137 k boost-iostreams x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 67 k boost-locale x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 278 k boost-log x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 478 k boost-math x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 312 k boost-program-options x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 165 k boost-python x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 133 k boost-random x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 51 k boost-regex x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 296 k boost-serialization x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 156 k boost-signals x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 70 k boost-system x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 48 k boost-test x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 220 k boost-thread x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 88 k boost-timer x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 50 k boost-wave x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 234 k crontabs noarch 1.11-11.20150630git.fc24 rawhide 23 k curl x86_64 7.44.0-1.fc24 rawhide 284 k dbus x86_64 1:1.9.20-1.fc24 rawhide 240 k dbus-devel x86_64 1:1.9.20-1.fc24 rawhide 57 k dbus-libs x86_64 1:1.9.20-1.fc24 rawhide 171 k dbus-x11 x86_64 1:1.9.20-1.fc24 rawhide 51 k dhcp-client x86_64 12:4.3.3-0.2b1.fc24 rawhide 297 k dhcp-common noarch 12:4.3.3-0.2b1.fc24 rawhide 192 k dhcp-libs x86_64 12:4.3.3-0.2b1.fc24 rawhide 136 k dracut x86_64 043-60.git20150811.fc24 rawhide 322 k dracut-config-rescue x86_64 043-60.git20150811.fc24 rawhide 44 k dracut-network x86_64 043-60.git20150811.fc24 rawhide 82 k firefox x86_64 40.0-4.fc24 rawhide 71 M fontconfig x86_64 2.11.94-3.fc24 rawhide 241 k fontconfig-devel x86_64 2.11.94-3.fc24 rawhide 136 k gnupg2 x86_64 2.1.6-1.fc24 rawhide 1.8 M hplip x86_64 3.15.7-4.fc24 rawhide 12 M hplip-common x86_64 3.15.7-4.fc24 rawhide 96 k hplip-compat-libs x86_64 3.15.7-4.fc24 rawhide 76 k hplip-libs x86_64 3.15.7-4.fc24 rawhide 185 k kernel-headers x86_64 4.2.0-0.rc6.git0.2.fc24 rawhide 1.0 M libblkid x86_64 2.27-0.2.fc24 rawhide 178 k libcacard x86_64 2:2.4.0-1.fc24 rawhide 74 k libcurl x86_64 7.44.0-1.fc24 rawhide 256 k libcurl-devel x86_64 7.44.0-1.fc24 rawhide 596 k liberation-fonts-common noarch 1:1.07.4-6.fc24 rawhide 31 k liberation-mono-fonts noarch 1:1.07.4-6.fc24 rawhide 232 k liberation-sans-fonts noarch 1:1.07.4-6.fc24 rawhide 284 k liberation-serif-fonts noarch 1:1.07.4-6.fc24 rawhide 304 k libfdisk x86_64 2.27-0.2.fc24 rawhide 219 k libmount x86_64 2.27-0.2.fc24 rawhide 195 k libsane-hpaio x86_64 3.15.7-4.fc24 rawhide 112 k libsmartcols x86_64 2.27-0.2.fc24 rawhide 137 k libuuid x86_64 2.27-0.2.fc24 rawhide 78 k netpbm x86_64 10.71.02-1.fc24 rawhide 184 k openssl x86_64 1:1.0.2d-2.fc24 rawhide 510 k openssl-devel x86_64 1:1.0.2d-2.fc24 rawhide 1.5 M openssl-libs x86_64 1:1.0.2d-2.fc24 rawhide 1.2 M pam x86_64 1.2.1-2.fc24 rawhide 729 k python3 x86_64 3.4.3-5.fc24 rawhide 53 k python3-cups x86_64 1.9.72-3.fc24 rawhide 81 k python3-libs x86_64 3.4.3-5.fc24 rawhide 6.7 M qemu-common x86_64 2:2.4.0-1.fc24 rawhide 291 k qemu-guest-agent x86_64 2:2.4.0-1.fc24 rawhide 173 k qemu-img x86_64 2:2.4.0-1.fc24 rawhide 652 k qemu-kvm x86_64 2:2.4.0-1.fc24 rawhide 55 k qemu-system-x86 x86_64 2:2.4.0-1.fc24 rawhide 4.1 M tzdata noarch 2015f-1.fc24 rawhide 406 k tzdata-java noarch 2015f-1.fc24 rawhide 176 k util-linux x86_64 2.27-0.2.fc24 rawhide 2.1 M Removing: kernel x86_64 4.2.0-0.rc5.git2.1.fc24 @System 0 kernel-core x86_64 4.2.0-0.rc5.git2.1.fc24 @System 51 M kernel-modules x86_64 4.2.0-0.rc5.git2.1.fc24 @System 17 M Skipping packages with broken dependencies: fwupd x86_64 0.1.5-1.fc24 rawhide 112 k gnome-software x86_64 3.17.3-1.fc24 rawhide 1.9 M libappstream-glib x86_64 0.5.0-1.fc24 rawhide 179 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 3 Packages Upgrade 76 Packages Remove 3 Packages Total download size: 159 M Is this ok [y/N]: n Operation aborted. # dnf update --refresh Fedora - Rawhide - Developmental packages for t 1.4 MB/s | 43 MB 00:30 Adobe Systems Incorporated 21 kB/s | 1.8 kB 00:00 Last metadata expiration check performed 0:00:00 ago on Fri Aug 14 12:50:08 2015. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Upgrading: boost x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 43 k boost-atomic x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 45 k boost-chrono x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 52 k boost-container x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 66 k boost-context x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 58 k boost-coroutine x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 59 k boost-date-time x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 58 k boost-devel x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 8.1 M boost-filesystem x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 73 k boost-graph x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 137 k boost-iostreams x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 67 k boost-locale x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 278 k boost-log x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 478 k boost-math x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 312 k boost-program-options x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 165 k boost-python x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 133 k boost-random x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 51 k boost-regex x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 296 k boost-serialization x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 156 k boost-signals x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 70 k boost-system x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 48 k boost-test x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 220 k boost-thread x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 88 k boost-timer x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 50 k boost-wave x86_64 1.58.0-6.fc24 rawhide 234 k dbus x86_64 1:1.9.20-1.fc24 rawhide 240 k dbus-devel x86_64 1:1.9.20-1.fc24 rawhide 57 k dbus-libs x86_64 1:1.9.20-1.fc24 rawhide 171 k dbus-x11 x86_64 1:1.9.20-1.fc24 rawhide 51 k dhcp-client x86_64 12:4.3.3-0.2b1.fc24 rawhide 297 k dhcp-common noarch 12:4.3.3-0.2b1.fc24 rawhide 192 k dhcp-libs x86_64 12:4.3.3-0.2b1.fc24 rawhide 136 k dracut x86_64 043-60.git20150811.fc24 rawhide 322 k dracut-config-rescue x86_64 043-60.git20150811.fc24 rawhide 44 k dracut-network x86_64 043-60.git20150811.fc24 rawhide 82 k firefox x86_64 40.0-3.fc24 rawhide 71 M gnupg2 x86_64 2.1.6-1.fc24 rawhide 1.8 M hplip x86_64 3.15.7-4.fc24 rawhide 12 M hplip-common x86_64 3.15.7-4.fc24 rawhide 96 k hplip-compat-libs x86_64 3.15.7-4.fc24 rawhide 76 k hplip-libs x86_64 3.15.7-4.fc24 rawhide 185 k libcacard x86_64 2:2.4.0-1.fc24 rawhide 74 k libsane-hpaio x86_64 3.15.7-4.fc24 rawhide 112 k netpbm x86_64 10.71.02-1.fc24 rawhide 184 k python3-cups x86_64 1.9.72-3.fc24 rawhide 81 k qemu-common x86_64 2:2.4.0-1.fc24 rawhide 291 k qemu-guest-agent x86_64 2:2.4.0-1.fc24 rawhide 173 k qemu-img x86_64 2:2.4.0-1.fc24 rawhide 652 k qemu-kvm x86_64 2:2.4.0-1.fc24 rawhide 55 k qemu-system-x86 x86_64 2:2.4.0-1.fc24 rawhide 4.1 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Upgrade 50 Packages Total download size: 104 M Is this ok [y/N]: n Operation aborted. # rpm -q dnf dnf-1.1.0-2.fc24.noarch -- 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? 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