Scott: Thank you for that suggestion, but I don't need to move the cache directory as that partition was deliberately made larger than I needed. What I want to do is equivent to --relocate=<old dir>=<new dir> in rpm so I don't have to move files after upgrading a package. James McKenzie -----Original Message----- From: Scott Talbot <talbotscott@xxxxxxx> Sent: Oct 18, 2004 11:09 AM To: James Mckenzie <jjmckenzie51@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: System of Fedora Core (yum vs. rpm) catOn Mon, 2004-10-18 at 09:16 -0700, James Mckenzie wrote: > One question: > > Will yum pass to rpm relocation information? I want to move packages to a different install directory for space reasons. > If so, what do I do in yum.conf? > > Thank you. > > James McKenzie > in tyum.conf near the top edit the line that reads: cachedir=/var/cache/yum cachedir is where yum will download all of the .rpm and .hdr files to and thein will update your system from there. I assume this is what you want. Scott > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Talbot <talbotscott@xxxxxxx> > Sent: Oct 18, 2004 7:43 AM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: System of Fedora Core > > On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 22:24 +0800, edwardspl@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > edwardspl@xxxxxxxxxx wrote on 18.10.2004, 03:36:29: > > > > > > > Sorry, > > > > What about "yum" ? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > Yum will allow you to install/uninstall packages and will take care of > > > the dependancies for you. Maybe you need to have a look at > > > www.fedorafaq.org#installsoftware > > > hth > > > Thierry > > > > I want to know what different between yum and rpm... > > RPM will install, or erase rpm files, IF you have all of the necessary > dependencies (packages which are required by the package you are > installing). > > YUM finds those dependencies and install all needed packages as one unit > > Scott > > Thanks. > > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
