Description of problem: This is kinda weird, if you do: yum --disablerepo='*' install '*' ...then it warns about every pkg that is installed already being installed. This also happens if the only enabled repos. have zero packages in them. As soon as you have a repo. enabled with at least 1 pkg in it, install '*' does the expected thing of only warning about pkgs that match. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.2.*