yum list updates gives different results user vs root

Darlene Wallach freepalestin at dslextreme.com
Wed Jun 22 20:22:40 UTC 2011


I'm still on Fedora 13. I have not installed Fedora 15 yet.

I'm getting different results from "yum list updates" when I do it as
user vs root:

as user:
$ yum list updates
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * fedora: mirror.stanford.edu
 * rpmfusion-free: mirrors.tummy.com
 * rpmfusion-free-updates: mirrors.tummy.com
 * rpmfusion-nonfree: mirrors.tummy.com
 * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirrors.tummy.com
 * updates: mirror.stanford.edu
Updated Packages
fetchmail.i686                         6.3.20-1.fc13                     updates
kernel-PAE.i686                        2.6.34.9-69.fc13                  updates
kernel-PAE-devel.i686                  2.6.34.9-69.fc13                  updates
kernel-headers.i686                    2.6.34.9-69.fc13                  updates
perf.noarch                            2.6.34.9-69.fc13                  updates
preupgrade.noarch                      1.1.9-1.fc13                      updates


as root:
# yum list updates
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * fedora: fedora.mirrors.pair.com
 * rpmfusion-free: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
 * rpmfusion-free-updates: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
 * rpmfusion-nonfree: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
 * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
 * updates: fedora.mirrors.pair.com
Updated Packages
preupgrade.noarch                      1.1.9-1.fc13                      updates

Can someone explain why is this happening?

Also, does anyone know if akmod-nvidia be updated for the
2.6.34.9-69.fc13 kernel before Fedora 13 EOL on 24th June?

Thank you

Darlene Wallach
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equal justice under law


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