hey, It would be nice to have the possibility to minimize the updateting time, like skipping Transaction Test. with a config option in yum.conf like "skiptest=0|1", with default 0. I did it in this file: --- yum-2.2.1/cli.py.orig 2005-03-15 08:19:11.000000000 +0100 +++ yum-2.2.1/cli.py 2005-07-26 11:03:04.000000000 +0200 @@ -657,30 +657,33 @@ if self.gpgsigcheck(downloadpkgs) != 0: return - self.log(2, 'Running Transaction Test') - tsConf = {} - for feature in ['diskspacecheck']: # more to come, I'm sure - tsConf[feature] = self.conf.getConfigOption(feature) .......... - errstring += ' %s\n' % descr - - raise yum.Errors.YumBaseError, errstring - self.log(2, 'Transaction Test Succeeded') - del self.ts + if not self.conf.getConfigOption('skiptest'): + self.log(2, 'Running Transaction Test') + tsConf = {} ........ + errstring += ' %s\n' % descr + + raise yum.Errors.YumBaseError, errstring + self.log(2, 'Transaction Test Succeeded') + del self.ts + else: + self.log(2, 'Transaction Test skipped') self.initActionTs() # make a new, blank ts to populate self.populateTs(keepold=0) # populate the ts and in yum-2.2.1/yum/config.py included a line at 228 + ('skiptest', 0), thanxs a lot, markus. -- fork() off; LinuxBetreuung Uni Ibk, fon: 507-2369 GnuPG key: http://www.uibk.ac.at/~c102130/public_key.asc