YUM (refresh-packagekit ?) possible problem

[Bill Davidsen]

Quicksort wrote:
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> Platform: *Fedora 17 x64*
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>
> Hello everybody,
>
> Usually, updates frequency is high. But for about one week, none.
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> How can I check my installed YUM (refresh-packagekit ?) still
> correctly does its work ? And what should I do if it does not ?
>
I have cron run "yum -y --downloadonly upgrade" daily, and I have the option to 
keep packages set in yum.conf. At a civilized hour I check the mail and see 
what's to be updated, and apply some or all of the packages.

To check that things are working, just "yum check-update" can be run manually, 
it typically will download some metadata and present a list of what needs 
update, if anything. It's relatively fast, and will give you that "warm fuzzy 
feeling" that everything is ok, or tell you for certain that it's not.

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