dnf should download FILELISTS only when a path is in pkg_specs

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • dnf should download FILELISTS only when a path is in pkg_specs
  • Large filelists.xml in custom repository (>200MB) can take 1-2 minutes to download, greatly slowing down deployments.
  • dnf should only download filelists.xml from repositories if a package being installed has a file level dependency set.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9

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