Enigma: yum check-update doesn\'t show all rpms in a repository

[Dennis Shaw]

pmconway wrote:

>When I point my browser to     
>   http://limestone.uoregon.edu/ftp/fedora/updates/3/i386/
>
>I see 
>   alsa-lib-1.0.6-7.FC3.i386.rpm   19-Jan-2005 09:25  302K  
>
>is available. But, in when the only repo I specify for yum is 
>   http://limestone.uoregon.edu/ftp/fedora/updates/3/$ARCH/
>
>yum's check-update response indicates no alsa rpms are available.  My references point to the SAME repository, true?  How can the results differ for the same repository - depending on whether my Firefox is looking or yum is looking?
>
>Thank you.
>
>Trish
>
>
>  
>
Use:

"yum list | grep alsa"

It will show you ALL of the rpm's with *alsa* in the name and tell you 
whether they are installed or not.

Dennis