On Nov 12, 2007 2:59 PM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > After I got the test3 install done, before doing anything else I changed > the you config to keep things in the cache after install or upgrade. > This lets me avoid pulling them more than once. Didn't work, nothing > left in cache after big 400+ package upgrade. > > Several days later... did another update, everything in /var/cache/yum > as desired, didn't change a thing... WTF? Anyone have an idea why the > first batch didn't get kept? > > Strongly related: I eventually wind up with many copies of versions of > rpms and related in the cache directory. Is there some inobvious option > to release all but the latest version? I found out several ways to > release everything, that's obviously not what I want. > > -- > Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> A wild guess on my part is installonlyn has changed. Read the text for installonlyn in /etc/yum.conf. I set installonlyn=0 so that I can keep as many copies of the kernel as I desire. Let the list know if that fixes your problem.
