Small up2date annoyance

[David Curry]

Jim Cornette wrote:

> Gain Paolo Mureddu wrote:
>
>>    I don't know if there is a bug already filed in bugzilla for this, 
>> I haven't noticed this until my girlfriend pointed it out. We've been 
>> Red Hat users since back in version 5.2, but anyway, the point is we, 
>> and more specifically she is familiar with up2date and likes to use 
>> it very much. As of late she made an observation: up2date fails to 
>> report the size of the packages when it lists the available packages 
>> for download and lets you choose them... I did not notice it, but 
>> then she pointed out that since FC1 this happens, not even in Red Hat 
>> 9... That got me intrigued and as such I dare to ask here... Why are 
>> packages sizes not listed? I actually remember that up2date in RH 7.3 
>> and 9 did report the size of the files and an estimation of the total 
>> amount you would download in that particular up2date session, so (I 
>> assume) you make the decision how much you'd like to download. I did 
>> a small search of the archives (in the nntp server) but found nothing 
>> and another search in bugzilla did not yield results (mind you very 
>> fast search), so I resulted asking you guys...
>>
>
> When you got the updates from the RHN network accounts before, there 
> was  information that could be used to determine the filesize. The yum 
> repos have no such filesize information to use for up2date to use for 
> this feature that RHN was able to display.
>
> I've been using up2date since it appeared and also have used versions 
> of RHL from 5,2 on. I guess using this program has some addictive 
> effect. I use yum on occasion, mostly when up2date is completely 
> uusable for short time periods.
>
> Jim
>
Using Up2date on FC2, I do not see size estimates for individual files 
but I do see an estimate of the total amount you would download with the 
selected packages.