Isn' t there a way to config yum to only download its repo indexes only once a dar and not every single bloody time I invoke yum for something else other than install? (ie I call Yum whatprovides something and get<br><br>
$ yum whatprovides vlc<br>Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit<br>[Useless, unneeded, unwanted downloading follows...]<br>Dropbox | 951 B 00:00 <br>
Dropbox/primary | 1.5 kB 00:00 <br>fedora/metalink | 40 kB 00:00 <br>fedora | 4.2 kB 00:00 <br>
fedora/primary_db | 12 MB 00:47 <br>fedora/group_gz | 434 kB 00:03 <br>google-chrome | 951 B 00:00 <br>
google-chrome/primary | 1.5 kB 00:00 <br>google-earth | 951 B 00:00 <br>google-earth/primary | 1.1 kB 00:00 <br>
livna | 3.6 kB 00:00 <br>livna/primary_db | 3.4 kB 00:00 <br>livna/group_gz | 464 B 00:00 <br>
rpmfusion-free | 3.3 kB 00:00 <br>rpmfusion-free/primary_db | 335 kB 00:02 <br>rpmfusion-free/group_gz | 1.6 kB 00:00 <br>
rpmfusion-free-updates | 3.3 kB 00:00 <br>rpmfusion-free-updates/primary_db | 9.6 kB 00:00 <br>rpmfusion-free-updates/group_gz | 1.6 kB 00:00 <br>
updates/metalink | 45 kB 00:00 <br>updates | 4.5 kB 00:00 <br>updates/primary_db | 1.4 MB 00:05 <br>
updates/group_gz | 434 kB 00:01 <br>Dropbox 4/4<br>google-chrome 3/3<br>
google-earth 1/1<br>vlc-2.0.1-1.fc17.i686 : The cross-platform open-source multimedia framework,<br> : player and server<br>Repo : rpmfusion-free<br>
<br><br><br>vlc-2.0.1-1.fc17.i686 : The cross-platform open-source multimedia framework,<br> : player and server<br>Repo : @rpmfusion-free-updates-testing<br><br>FC<br>-- <br>Durante épocas de Engaño Universal, decir la verdad se convierte en un Acto Revolucionario<br>
- George Orwell<br><br>