Yum/dnf Search Functionality

[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 24 June 2014, Stephen Morris sent:
> Does this mean that yum and dnf only search non-installed package
> descriptions/names? 

Yum's search function was limited to a smaller set of data unless you
did "yum search all," then it looked wider afield.  It even suggested
you try it, if you got low/no results (it's been a while since I've
noticed this).

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