> Yikes! It is surprising that yum operates so inconsistently. If you do the > same thing twice one right after the other you can get different results. > The thing that bothers me is the "false negative" saying that there is > nothing to update when in fact there is. But that kind of stuff is for the > "yum list" isn't it. You should note that the mirror(s) you're connecting to are probably actively changing state under you. So please, instead of saying yum is operating so inconsistently you might want to be aware of the inconsistent state of the repositories. -sv