yum question: downloaded headers but no updates

[Dean Mumby]

yes


Clint wrote:

> Every now and again, I notice that yum will download needed headers, 
> which makes me think that an update is about to be done, only to 
> report no updates are needed. My yum.conf is mostly a copy of that 
> found at artoo, but with an exclude=kernel* line and a seamonkey repo 
> section.
>
> My question is, what is yum doing with the headers if there are no 
> updates to be done? Is all of this completely normal operating 
> procedure for yum? I'm "curious" about how it's working, rather than 
> "sleeplessly concerned" something is going wrong! <grin>
>
> Here is one such example displaying the symptoms that I notice:
>
> # yum update
> Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
> Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base
> Server: Fedora.us Extras (Stable)
> Server: Fedora.us Extras (Testing)
> Server: Fedora.us Extras (Unstable)
> Server: Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (stable)
> Server: Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (testing)
> Server: Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (unstable)
> Server: macromedia.mplug.org - Flash Plugin
> Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Released Updates
> Finding updated packages
> Downloading needed headers
> perl-Net-SCP-0-0.07-0.fdr 100% |=========================| 1.8 kB    
> 00:00
> nvidia-glx-devel-0-1.0.53 100% |=========================| 3.3 kB    
> 00:00
> No Packages Available for Update
> No actions to take
>
> I didn't see any description of this behavior in man yum. Any insight 
> would be appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Clint
>