dnf v.s. yum

[Ed Greshko]

On 06/15/14 19:02, Tim wrote:
> 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?
>

Right....

But, now it does....  I thought "clean metadata" would have done it....  But, clean expire-cache seems to have done the trick.

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