[fedora-india] How could I stop yum updating the package list often?

[Rahul Sundaram]

On 11/12/2010 08:17 PM, Ershad K wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> 	I'm using a slow internet connection. While searching or installing
> packages, yum often updates its package list. Could you please tell me
> how to stop this?
>
> 	It's better to have an updated list, but updating in a slow connection
> is pain :)

Look at /etc/yum.conf.  The value metadata_expire is used to control
this and extensively documented in the file itself.  Also note that yum 
-C search quake for example would force yum to run from cache.
 

Rahul