On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 13:58, Schlaegel wrote: > > This means that it deletes the packages it's downloaded and installed > > on your machine. It's a cache of what's been downloaded. It won't > > download them again as they're already installed. Only newer versions > > will be downloaded. > > > > Using yum clean headers will, however, force you to download all the > > header files again so if you're looking to avoid downloading things > > again, then avoid yum clean headers. > > I am in a similar situation. I use the same yum cache for two machines > and am on a very slow link, so I don't ever want to delete the most > recent version of a package. I also don't have a lot of extra disk > space, so I don't like to keep around multiple versions of every > package. > I end up manually preening the cache by hand, which is far from ideal. > I haven't had the time or bravery to experiment with the built in > mechanism for cleaning the cache. After you have updated the 2nd machine, a yum clean packages should do the right thing because they will already be installed in both. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
