i realize that the -C option means that yum should run from cache only, so it's confusing when i run # yum -C list installed to still see Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: Fedora 1 - Base Server: Fedora 1 - Stable Server: Fedora 1 - Testing Server: Fedora 1 - Unstable Server: Fedora 1 - Updates Server: Fedora 1 - Updates testing Server: Freshrpms 1 - Freshrpms Server: Freshrpms 1 - Testing Updates Server: Freshrpms 1 - Updates Server: Livna 1 - updates Finding updated packages Downloading needed headers ... lots of installed packages listed here ... in all fairness, based on how quickly it runs, it seems that the command isn't really consulting the repos, but still, it's confusing to get the impression that it is. is there a reason for this? rday