Re: Enigma: yum check-update doesn\'t show all rpms in a repository

[Dennis Shaw <dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dennis Shaw wrote:

> pmconway wrote:
>
> > When I point my browser to       
> > http://limestone.uoregon.edu/ftp/fedora/updates/3/i386/
> >
> > I see   alsa-lib-1.0.6-7.FC3.i386.rpm   19-Jan-2005 09:25  302K 
> > is available. But, in when the only repo I specify for yum is   
> > http://limestone.uoregon.edu/ftp/fedora/updates/3/$ARCH/
> >
> > yum's check-update response indicates no alsa rpms are available.  My 
> > references point to the SAME repository, true?  How can the results 
> > differ for the same repository - depending on whether my Firefox is 
> > looking or yum is looking?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Trish
> >
> >
> >  
> Use:
>
> "yum list | grep alsa"
>
> It will show you ALL of the rpm's with *alsa* in the name and tell you 
> whether they are installed or not.
>
> Dennis
I forgot to mention:

yum check-update will only show updates to rpm's you already have 
installed. If it's not showing any alsa rpm's then you can "yum install" 
the rpm's that show up with "yum list | grep alsa".

Dennis