yum and local cache

[seth vidal]

> > 2. why do you say it's downloading things over and over again?
> 
> I say it because it happens. First time, it stopped with "Error: 
> xorg-x11-font-utils conflicts:  xorg-x11-base-fonts<= 6.7.99.903-3" and 
> after I manually installed xorg-x11-font-utils yum -y update started to 
> download all the files from the beginning. I noticed this on a PC at home, 
> it was not a problem since bandwidth is plenty but I'm doing the same 
> thing on a machine at work where I have 512 kbps. I don't want to think 
> about dial-up users...
> 

What files is it that you're seeing it redownload.

A LOT of people have been confused by the 
####### progess bar.

that is ONLY Reading information in.

it is NOT downloading ANYTHING

the '====' progress bar is for downloads

'####' - not downloading, just reading.

-sv