On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 04:18 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > seth vidal wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 04:03 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> The latest version of yum (3.1.4) in rawhide seems to be behaving rather > >> inconsistently when it comes to dealing with repository metadata. I am > >> cleaning the cache and metadata and rerunning different commands like > >> yum info <package> and yum update to verify. > >> > >> On some instances it downloads the compressed sqlite database directly. > >> In other instances it downloads and parses the compressed xml file. > >> Sometimes it downloads and parses the compressed xml file and then > >> proceeds to download the compressed sqlite database too. It seems to be > >> occurring randomly. Is there any explanation why. I cant see any reason > >> for yum to redundantly download the exact same metadata is the form of > >> both xml file and sqlite database. > > > > are you using a mirror list? It'll download what it can find based on > > what mirror list it has. > > Yes. I am using the default configuration from a F7 test 2 live CD > installation + the latest updates. I understand getting xml or sqlite > based on what is available on the mirror but I dont quite understand why > it would download both files. It seems logical to just download the > sqlite database if it is available and skip the xml file completely in > that instance. please collect the output from a case where this is happening. I've not been able to duplicate this claim so I need to see it to find out how to fix it. -sv -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
