yum question

[Steven P. Ulrick]

On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:32:57 -0500
Peter Horst <phorst at speakeasy.net> wrote:

> FC-5.  A general question about yum - after yum loads its plugins,
> and reports that it is "Setting up repositories," it seems always to
> take forever to go through its little motions.  I'm probably just
> spoiled, but I'm wondering if I've misconfigured it somehow.  In my
> imagination at least all yum has to do is a few table lookups, and it
> seems to take way too long (not hours, of course, but just ... a long
> time).  Am I alone in this?
> 
> Thanks much.

Hello, Peter
No, you are not alone.  "Setting up repositories" used to be a LOT
faster than it is now.  Don't know when it got so slow, but it is
slower than it was, nonetheless.

Steven P. Ulrick