dnf v.s. yum

[Tim]

On Sun, 2014-06-15 at 18:27 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> OK....  I read FAQ.....
>  
> http://akozumpl.github.io/dnf/user_faq.html#why-do-i-get-different-results-with-dnf-update-vs-yum-update
>  
> And the one following it....  "Is it possible to force DNF to get the
> latest metadata on dnf upgrade?"
>  
> Running KDE and the notifications in the systray showed there are 12
> updates available.  Figured I give dnf a try, which I've done from
> time to time, but it showed no packages to update.  OK....so clean
> metadata for both yum and dnf....
>  
> ran both "yum check-update" and "dnf check-update".
>  
> yum listed the 12

And dnf offered nothing...

Is this just a case of whatever generates the metadata that yum uses,
and whatever else generates the metadata that dnf uses, do their
generation at different times?  Or do they actually have a different set
of package files to look through?

I can't help but wonder what changing from yum to dnf will do for mirror
sites.  Are we going to see a prolonged period where various mirrors
stagnate?

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