Output aesthetics

[birdie-github]

When you run dnf update in F41 you see:

Updating and loading repositories:
 google-chrome
 Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Updates
 google-chrome
 Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Updates

The first two lines refer to the repos metadata, the second two lines are the repos actual content.

Would be nice if DNF actually spelled it out. Otherwise people may think it does something twice unnecessarily.

Something akin to:

Updating repositories metadata:
 google-chrome
 Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Updates
Loading repositories:
 google-chrome
 Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Updates

[kontura]

We will probably need additional information because this doesn't happen for me.
I get:

user@toolbox ~ $ sudo dnf5 update --refresh
Updating and loading repositories:
 Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Updates                                                                    100% | 100.9 KiB/s |  27.1 KiB |  00m00s
 RPM Fusion for Fedora 41 - Free - Updates                                                       100% |  44.3 KiB/s |   6.8 KiB |  00m00s
 Fedora 41 - x86_64                                                                              100% | 135.6 KiB/s |  23.3 KiB |  00m00s
Repositories loaded.
Nothing to do.

The same repo shouldn't show up twice.
Can you share your repository and dnf configuration?

[birdie-github]

dnf.conf
# see `man dnf.conf` for defaults and possible options

[main]
gpgcheck=True
installonly_limit=3
clean_requirements_on_remove=True
best=False
skip_if_unavailable=True
deltarpm=false
max_parallel_downloads=20

Repos:

rpm -qf /etc/yum.repos.d/*
fedora-repos-41-1.noarch
fedora-repos-41-1.noarch
fedora-repos-41-1.noarch
fedora-repos-41-1.noarch
file /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo is not owned by any package

All files by default. rpm -V fedora-repos-41-1.noarch; echo $?; 0

[kontura]

Ok, I still cannot reproduce it.
I am trying this in a container:

$ podman run -ti fedora:41
[root@89d43705870b /]# dnf update
Updating and loading repositories:
 Fedora 41 - x86_64                                                                              100% |   2.9 MiB/s |  35.4 MiB |  00m12s
 Fedora 41 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64                                                        100% |   8.2 KiB/s |   4.8 KiB |  00m01s
 Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Updates                                                                    100% |   1.6 MiB/s |   5.5 MiB |  00m03s
Repositories loaded.
Nothing to do.

Does this work for you?
Can you create a reproducer?

[birdie-github]

This must be absolutely happening for you as well:

Updating and loading repositories:
 Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Updates  100% |  12.4 KiB/s |  27.1 KiB |  00m02s
 Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Updates  100% | 238.9 KiB/s |   1.2 MiB |  00m05s

27.1 KiB vs 1.2 MiB - definitely the first line indicates the repo metadata being updated.

I can upload strace -f output if you need it. But darn, it's huge and very difficult to read.

[kontura]

I see, there must be something wrong when updating the lines in your terminal emulator.
There is supposed to be only one line per repo that gets updated.

Can you share what terminal emulator are you using and potentially try with something else?

[birdie-github]

I'm using xfce4-terminal 1.1.3.

Maybe you're right but then I've never had any issues with it before.