Feature, enhancement: DNF, by default, does not download file lists when caching repository metadata. Reason: Downloading repository metadata took long because the file lists are typically large. Contrary there were very few packages which required the file lists for a correct dependency resolution. This enhancement was implemented to speed up caching the metadata on user's systems and to have DNF tool ready for package management tasks sooner. Result: DNF does not download the file lists by default. Refreshing the repository metadata is significantly faster now. A downside is that package dependencies on files out of /etc, /usr/bin, and /usr/sbin directories won't be resolved unless the file lists are downloaded. Users who prefer compatibility over speed can re-enable downloading file lists by adding "filelists" value to "optional_metadata_types" option in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf configuration file. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 repositories were optimized not to need the file lists. Third-party repositories might be the case when enabling downloading the file lists is required.