> This problem screams for SQLite. This is precisely why yum/dnf has been switching from XML for repodata to SQLite. In fact, the only thing that is still XML-

> This problem screams for SQLite. This is precisely why yum/dnf has been switching from XML for repodata to SQLite. In fact, the only thing that is still XML-only is the comps file which just lists package groups, is updated rarely and "only" weighs in at half a MB.