> 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? It's parsing the Cached files. And checking the cached headers. Just b/c they are on the local disk doesn't mean their not corrupt. So yum has to check the files and the headers. In caching mode if it finds a corrupt header it deletes the header(if it can) and removes the file from the available database. The downloading and the checking are the same function, more or less. -sv
