yum update failure

[JB]

Gregory P. Ennis <PoMec <at> PoMec.Net> writes:

> > 
> You were correct to cause me to look at the downloadonly plugin... it
> was enabled.  I originally did in upgrade from f12 to f13 instead of a
> new install, and then installed yum-cron.  I do not remember installing
> the downloadonly plugin, or enabling it.  I used your syntax to remove
> the plug in as well as yum-cron..... but the results of yum check-update
> were :
> [root <at> Re01 pluginconf.d]# yum check-update
> Loaded plugins: presto, priorities, refresh-packagekit
> 3487 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
> 
Hi,
there is a possibility that yum-cron package, which requires downloadonly plugin
package was the intended way to maintain your system.
If your machine were part of a corporate environment, it could be set up by
your tech people to run yum-cron job daily/weekly from a corporate cache of
packages (instead of directly from the Interent).
That would explain the output of:
> [root <at> Re01 ~]# yum list evolution
> Loaded plugins: downloadonly, presto, priorities, refresh-packagekit
> Installed Packages
> evolution.i686             2.30.1-6.fc13
> @anaconda-InstallationRepo-201005130056.i38
and
the full list of packages (that big file ...:) ).
This @anaconda-InstallationRepo-201005130056.i38 could be some kind of a repo.
If you are in that kind of environment, let me know.
So please stay put, we will try to figure it out.
JB