OK a little over the top. Here's the stdout from 3 executions of yum in a row, a few mins ago. Why the diffs? [root@tru32 ~]# yum check-update Setting up Repos updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 283 kB 00:00 MD Read : ################################################## 692/692 updates-re: ################################################## 692/692 extras : ################################################## 963/963 base : ################################################## 2622/2622 ipsec-tools.i386 0.5-2.fc3 updates-released qt.i386 1:3.3.4-0.fc3.0 updates-released [root@tru32 ~]# man yum [root@tru32 ~]# yum check-update Setting up Repos updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 298 kB 00:01 MD Read : ################################################## 706/706 updates-re: ################################################## 706/706 extras : ################################################## 963/963 base : ################################################## 2622/2622 [root@tru32 ~]# echo $? 0 [root@tru32 ~]# yum check-update Setting up Repos updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 285 kB 00:01 MD Read : ################################################## 695/695 updates-re: ################################################## 695/695 extras : ################################################## 963/963 base : ################################################## 2622/2622 ethereal.i386 0.10.10-1.FC3.1 updates-released ipsec-tools.i386 0.5-2.fc3 updates-released kdenetwork.i386 7:3.3.1-3 updates-released qt.i386 1:3.3.4-0.fc3.0 updates-released udev.i386 039-10.FC3.7 updates-released [root@tru32 ~]# echo $? 100 repos: [updates-released] name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/ mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/updates-released-fc $releasever enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 [extras] name=Fedora Extras - $releasever - $basearch baseurl=http://fedoraproject.org/extras/$releasever/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://fedoraproject.org/extras/RPM-GPG-KEY-Fedora-Extras thankee! -- Douglas Frank HP Co. ZKO 110 Spit Brook Rd. The older I get, 603-884-0501 Nashua, NH USA 03062 the better I was.
