[CentOS] Yum update slow on CentOS 4.1 x86_64?

Mon Oct 3 05:56:02 UTC 2005
Remco Barendse <redhat at barendse.to>

> Is up2date also slow?

Whoaa, total weirdness!!  yum has been slow for quite some time, running 
up2date (haven't done that anymore since RedHat 8) completed within 
seconds and now yum is completed in just a few seconds too.

The symptom is gone but I doubt I can still find the problem now

Thanks!