dnf update vs Software Udpates

[Pete Travis]

On Jul 22, 2015 6:52 PM, "Gordon Messmer" <gordon.messmer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 07/22/2015 04:07 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
>>
>> I think this is where things go wrong.  OnBootSec handles powerdowns,
>> what about intermittent connections?  In principle, it is quite possible
>> everytime the timer triggers the makecache service, the connection is
>> absent.
>
>
> Which shouldn't matter.  If no connection is available, metadata won't
get updated until you run an interactive command that forces a refresh.
Note that if you're on battery, makecache won't run, either.  This is a
convenience function to reduce the delay in running interactive commands,
and nothing more.
> --
>

Do you have references for the on-battery behavior? That's news to me.

--Pete
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