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[ron]

ron wrote:
> > >
> > >     Hello,
> > >
> > >     Every time I'm notified by email of updates available:
> > >
> > >     Yum update says:
> > >
> > >     No Packages marked for Update.
> > >
> > >     After a:
> > >
> > >     # yum clean metadata
> > >
> > >     # yum clean all
> > >
> > >     Yum update says:
> > >
> > >     Yes Packages marked for Update.
> > >
> > >     Anyone know how I can fix this?
> > >
> > >     -ron-
> > >
karl wrote:
> >
> >  Hi Ron what version of Fedora are you using? how did you query for
> > updates? Did you use yum update or the gui system? Can you use the
> > manual way and copy what happened to this list? That should find a
> > solution.
> >
> > Karl
> >

Hi Karl,

I'm using Fedora 8.

[ron at f8 ~]$ sudo yum update
Loading "protectbase" plugin
Loading "kernel-module" plugin
Loading "presto" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading "refresh-updatesd" plugin
Loading "protect-packages" plugin
Loading "fedorakmod" plugin
Setting up and reading Presto delta metadata
livna                     100% |=========================| 2.1 kB    00:00
No Presto metadata available for livna
fedora                    100% |=========================| 2.1 kB    00:00
No Presto metadata available for fedora
adobe-linux-i386          100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
No Presto metadata available for adobe-linux-i386
updates                   100% |=========================| 2.3 kB    00:00
No Presto metadata available for updates
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * livna: rpm.livna.org
 * fedora: mirror.steadfast.net
 * adobe-linux-i386: linuxdownload.adobe.com
 * updates: mirror.steadfast.net
0 packages excluded due to repository protections
Setting up Update Process
No Packages marked for Update
[ron at f8 ~]$

ron at f8 ~]$ sudo yum clean metadata
Loading "protectbase" plugin
Loading "kernel-module" plugin
Loading "presto" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading "refresh-updatesd" plugin
Loading "protect-packages" plugin
Loading "fedorakmod" plugin
11 metadata files removed
[ron at f8 ~]$

[ron at f8 ~]$ sudo yum clean all
Loading "protectbase" plugin
Loading "kernel-module" plugin
Loading "presto" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading "refresh-updatesd" plugin
Loading "protect-packages" plugin
Loading "fedorakmod" plugin
Cleaning up Everything
Cleaning up list of fastest mirrors
[ron at f8 ~]$

[ron at f8 ~]$ yum update

...

Packages marked for Update (I lost this output. I already updated packages.)

...

[ron at f8 ~]