yum and/or yumex package updateing?

[Dan]

William Case wrote:
> Hi David and Dan;
>
> I appreciate your suggestions; but I kind of wanted to use yumex as a
> specialized browser.  Changing the preferences just delays the
> inevitable while pup only gives me the updates. 
>
> On Wed, 2006-19-04 at 00:44 +1000, David Timms wrote:
>   
>> William Case wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi; a new feature suggestion?
>>>
>>> Is there a way that yumex can be setup so that it doesn't update every
>>> time I open it?  I would like to be able to use it, particularly yumex,
>>> to look at what packages I have, what's available and what I might want
>>> to remove.  Every time I flip in and out of those lists I don't need an
>>> update.
>>>
>>> I am not sure how to do this without losing the security of getting the
>>> very latest updates?  Maybe a right or centre mouse click or a special
>>> accelerator key?
>>>       
>> If you are on FC5 - try pup (for updates - it lists updates and waits 
>> for your approval) / pirut (see list view, then check installed or not 
>> installed at the top).
>>     
>
> I was trying to avoid things like the following: Add a new program;
> close yum; then say to myself; "Did I download the gui that goes with
> it?  Or, oh yea, I wanted that other program too."  My headers have just
> been updated; I just want to go back to where I was.  Even if I miss a
> new upgrade, I'll catch it later.
>
> Regards Bill
>
>   
You can use commandline yum with the -C switch to attempt to run 
entirely from cache; if it doesn't have something cached it will get it 
from the internet though, if it can.
-Dan