yum seems to have forgotten what an update is

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

t l wrote:

>The header.info files on download (and mirrors) are not being
>updated, so yum thinks there is nothing new to update....
>(last updated on 4-Aug).
>
>We can hope that someone is fixing the build/mirroring process.
>  
>

FYI

$ lftp 
download.fedora.redhat.com:/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386/SRPMS
 > ls -t | less


-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp          3199 Aug 07 09:34 
rpmdb-fedora-3-0.20040807.src.rpm
-rw-rw-r--    1 ftp      ftp       6179319 Aug 07 07:31 
nautilus-2.7.2-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp        660764 Aug 06 23:03 
gnome-system-monitor-2.7.0-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp        580245 Aug 06 22:13 eel2-2.7.3-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       4546626 Aug 06 21:45 
bind-9.2.4rc6-4.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       4605195 Aug 06 21:01 gaim-0.81-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       4226538 Aug 06 19:56 
xscreensaver-4.16-3.src.rpm
-rw-rw-r--    1 ftp      ftp         56317 Aug 06 19:14 
rhnlib-1.8-6.p23.fc3.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       1985192 Aug 06 19:02 
cyrus-imapd-2.2.6-2.FC3.5.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp        860582 Aug 06 18:59 
screen-4.0.2-4.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp      13344282 Aug 06 17:57 
HelixPlayer-1.0.gold-2.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       9094034 Aug 06 16:35 
kdepim-3.2.92-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       9444686 Aug 06 15:46 
kdegames-3.2.92-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       3024625 Aug 06 15:28 
anaconda-10.0.2-0.20040806112009.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       3880357 Aug 06 14:55 
cups-1.1.21-1.rc1.6.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp        212688 Aug 06 14:11 
selinux-policy-strict-1.15.12-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp        213117 Aug 06 14:10 
selinux-policy-targeted-1.15.12-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       1073955 Aug 06 13:34 
ORBit-0.5.17-14.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp        429951 Aug 06 13:31 
libglade-0.17-15.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       1027398 Aug 06 13:26 
Guppi-0.40.3-21.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp        251322 Aug 06 13:16 linc-1.0.3-6.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       2249336 Aug 06 13:16 
planner-0.12-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp        442373 Aug 06 13:16 
oaf-0.6.10-11.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp        289056 Aug 06 13:03 libogg-1.1-4.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       1218383 Aug 06 13:01 
libvorbis-1.0.1-4.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       1399421 Aug 06 12:55 
GConf-1.0.9-15.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp        770825 Aug 06 12:53 
imlib-1.9.13-17.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       1903586 Aug 06 10:34 
elinks-0.9.2-0.rc4.2.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       5681261 Aug 06 10:31 
vim-6.3.015-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       5076813 Aug 06 10:28 
evolution-data-server-0.0.97-2.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp      13849261 Aug 06 10:18 gimp-2.0.4-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp        799745 Aug 06 10:05 ppp-2.4.2-4.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp        426454 Aug 06 09:14 
skkinput-2.06.4-7.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp      12399246 Aug 05 21:02 
evolution-1.5.92.1-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       1262240 Aug 05 18:35 
dbus-0.21.cvs20040722-5.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       4953300 Aug 05 16:31 
kdemultimedia-3.2.92-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       5944765 Aug 05 15:51 
gnome-applets-2.7.1-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp        145683 Aug 05 15:25 
libgail-gnome-1.1.0-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       1024424 Aug 05 15:14 
libgtop2-2.7.90-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       2023877 Aug 05 15:09 
metacity-2.8.2-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       2597763 Aug 05 15:04 
postfix-2.1.4-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp        362372 Aug 05 15:04 
gamin-0.0.5-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       1155367 Aug 05 15:03 
system-config-printer-0.6.107-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp      18177567 Aug 05 14:26 
kdebase-3.2.92-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp      54575497 Aug 05 12:24 
xorg-x11-6.7.0-7.2.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       1339384 Aug 05 11:37 
file-roller-2.7.3-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp        546033 Aug 05 07:30 
expect-5.42.1-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp      16884222 Aug 05 05:41 
im-sdk-11.4-68.svn1833.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       4468947 Aug 05 05:19 
gnomemeeting-1.0.2-4.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       1169124 Aug 05 05:08 
pwlib-1.6.5-4.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       1315211 Aug 05 01:15 
iiimf-le-xcin-0.1.5-5.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       2505257 Aug 05 00:57 w3m-0.5.1-4.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp      11565606 Aug 05 00:32 
ttfonts-zh_TW-2.11-28.src.rpm
[...]

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shrek-m