On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 12:47 +0200, C.Lee Taylor wrote: > Greetings ... > > I'm sure theses questions have been answer and I have to admit that I > have not search around for these details, but while I had an example on > my screen, I thought I would ask these questions ... > > I did ... > > [leet@clee-taylor-64 ~]$ sudo yum -y install qemu > Setting up Install Process > Setting up Repos > updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 > dag 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 > base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 > freshrpms 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 > Reading repository metadata in from local files > updates-re: ################################################## 737/737 > dag : ################################################## 2796/2796 > base : ################################################## 2852/2852 > freshrpms : ################################################## 464/464 > Resolving Dependencies > --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. > ---> Package qemu.i386 0:0.6.1-1.1.fc3.rf set to be updated > --> Running transaction check > > Dependencies Resolved > Transaction Listing: > Install: qemu.i386 0:0.6.1-1.1.fc3.rf - dag > Total download size: 2.3 M > Downloading Packages: > (1/1): qemu-0.6.1-1.1.fc3 100% |=========================| 731 kB 03:57 > Running Transaction Test > Finished Transaction Test > Transaction Test Succeeded > Running Transaction > Installing: qemu 100 % done 1/1 > > Installed: qemu.i386 0:0.6.1-1.1.fc3.rf > Complete! > > My question is, if yum thinks that my download size is 2.3M, why did I > only do 731kB download? > it's an artifact of how regets works. the 731KB is what it had left to download. -sv