Running yum-check-update lists the updates available for packages on my system. If I choose one of those available updates, how can I find the exact URL which yum would use to get it? If that's too hard, how about the approximate URL? The URL available from yum info <package name> is not nearly specific enough. Please don't waste space asking me why I want it.

Yum would get it from your repository that you connect to with your yum.conf file correct? So......where ever your repo is would be the url. If you want to download you can use rpmfind or something like that.

Thanks, however, I happen to know which repo it used, but the URL doesn't really give me the location of the rpm. The relevant entry in my repos file is:

[updates-debuginfo]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates - Debug
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-debug-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

Somehow I have to use part of the URL and add in some aspect of the app to be updated. For example, one typical app might be garmindev.i586 version 0.3.3 release 1.fc11 .

How can I find a URL that points to the rpm package, or at least something close to that?

I am not sure I understand what you are attempting to do. If you want to update a package, you don't have to have the absolute or relative url to do so. If you have the garmindev.i586 version 0.3.3 release 1.fc11 installed, you would just do yum update garmindev and it will go from there. I do notice you have your repo disabled "enabled=0".

I want to know the path that yum will use when it downloads the package. I can give you my reasons, but they are really not interesting or relevant to getting the URL.

I guess one way is to actually go into the repo using https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org from your conf file. Drill down to find your package you are looking for and then you will have the exact url.

http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pu....fc11.i586.rpm

True, but if yum knows how to find it, the information must exist somewhere.

I could be wrong but I believe that data is stored in the repo db you are connected to and not on your machine unless your machine is a yum repo.

I am just wondering how to find the exact URL or an algorithm for finding it. If yum can do it, I should be able to do it. If you're curious, I have no intention of connecting manually, the URL is data I need to report.

Fedora 11 was moved to the old archive long time ago.
http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pu...6/os/Packages/

A new text for "fedora.repo", example i386
.

That certainly does give me an answer in my specific case, but my software has to be installed in various environments. Can the URL in the repos file be counted on to usually point to the update in question or something close? Somehow yum finds the exact URL very quickly.

for the EOL fedora 11 there is basically only one location , though there might still be a few old mirrors still around

the current fedora 16 that is a bit complicated

more than one host are used at a time
a update might pull from 5 or 6 mirrors
or just one
and if "fast mirror" is tossed into the mix ....

but the address for the baseurl is traceable