On Tue, 2017-07-25 at 14:26 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
...
> Had you not killed it, you would have seen something like this....
> 
> [egreshko@acer ~]$ systemctl status dnf-makecache.timer
> ● dnf-makecache.timer - dnf makecache timer
>    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnf-makecache.timer;
> enabled; vendor pre
>    Active: active (waiting) since Sun 2017-07-23 19:37:39 CST; 1 day
> 18h ago
> 
> Jul 23 19:37:39 acer.greshko.com systemd[1]: Started dnf makecache
> timer.
> 
> Basically, about once/hour dnf will check and will update its cache
> if needed.  See
> the man page for dnf and search for makecache for the details.
> 
> > 2) WHY DNF does not ever stop and must be killed to update the
> > system?
> 
> You just happened to catch it in the middle of trying to update the
> cache.  Had you
> simply waited a bit more your first dnf would have proceeded.
> 
I'm not sure. I tried many times and it did not stop in ~10 min, so no.
> 
> > 
> > That is seen on many F26 boxes (new installs or upgrades).
> > 
> 
> If you find yourself catching the update time too often for your
> liking you can
> "systemctl disable dnf-makecache.timer".
> 
Thanks for the tip, but do not expect everyone to know/do this.

Cristian Sava
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