Re: DNF Needs Restarting Repository Update

[Stephen Morris <steve.morris.au@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/11/24 08:57, Jonathan Billings wrote:

> On Nov 6, 2024, at 17:11, Stephen Morris <steve.morris.au@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > why was that updated again, surely that repository was flagged as up to date by the prior dnf update?
> >       
> Not 100% sure but I suspect something in dnf needs-restarting is looking for the extra dnf metadata that includes package file lists, which aren’t downloaded for normal updates, to speed up regular updates (since they’re significantly larger metadata files). 
>
> Just like when you run “dnf install httpd” it only downloads the smaller set of information, but if you then run “dnf install /usr/bin/top” it has to download more metadata, even though you just updated a moment ago.
>     
    Thanks Jonathan, I had forgotten about that issue that causes
    problems with dnfdragora.
    
    regards,
    Steve
    
>

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