> i'm not sure having the "available" (new) packages list is as important > as having the list of possible updates. > > i think it's obvious that having a list of updated packages is useful > information. but it's not clear that there's much value to a list of > *all* available packages -- i mean, there could be *zillions* of those, > and what are you going to do with all that info? yum list available | wc -l or yum list available | less "I don't remember what it's called but I'll remember it when I see it!" -sv