oldman wrote: >> I'm surprised there is not some simple way >> of informing the user that the repo is being updated. >> One would imagine the repodata could contain a message to that effect >> (with an estimate of how long it would take) >> which yum could read and repeat. >> > Sure, that could be done! With the net effect of you trying to update > again, which of course you should be smart enough to figure out without > being told. Can you tell that the error occurs because the repo is being updated? I can't. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland