-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Nigel Henry wrote: | On Saturday 05 January 2008 19:26, David Boles wrote: |> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- |> Hash: SHA1 |> |> Nigel Henry wrote: |> | On Saturday 05 January 2008 17:37, yordy wrote: |> |> anybody know how to tell yum do not delete downloaded updates after |> |> apply this? In previous versions of Fedora I have to clear my cache |> |> manually because yum keep all downloaded updates, but in Fedora 8 yum |> |> delete all downloaded updates automatically. |> | |> | Hi Yordy. Edit /etc/yum.conf as root, and change the line. |> | keepcache=0 to keepcache=1 |> | |> | While your at it, and if you want to keep more than the default 2 |> | kernels, add a line to the file as below. |> | installonly_limit=0 |> | |> | That will disable yum from trashing kernels you may want to keep (the 0 |> | is a zero by the way). |> |> I have to ask you Nigel. Why would you want to keep more that two kernels |> when you have the one that is currently running and the previous one that |> was running when the current one was installed? | |> ~ David | | Hi David. Now that's an interesting question. First I must say that I use Apt, | not Yum, and Apt keeps all the kernels, unless you manually remove them, | which personally I prefer. I suppose that I just don't like the situation | where Yum decides which kernels are going to be available. | | For one thing, I do like to keep the kernel that was installed when I | installed the distro. Usually this one works ok, so I don't want it trashed, | and is likely to happen if /etc/yum.conf is left as default. | | Let's say that I don't like others making decisions for me. | | Another example. This is not for Fedora, but Debian. I have 2.6.8, and 2.6.11 | pre udev kernelsinstalled, and my video devices, bttv, and the ov511 webcam | are loaded in the correct order "Always". Kernels using udev are very hit and | miss. Sometimes bttv is /dev/video0 (correct), and ov511 is /dev/video1 (also | correct). Othertimes bttv is /dev/video1, and ov511 /dev/video0, and both | incorrect as regards the pre-udev kernels. Allright, you can write rules in | udev to get the ordering correct, but is nice if you still have the pre udev | kernels to confirm that pre udev kernels get the video devices in the correct | order. | | What all of this comes down to, and considering that I'm on dialup. I don't | want the cache trashed as default with Yum, as I may have more than one | instance of the distro to update, and can use the downloaded packages to save | download time for the other Fedora instance that I want to update. | | Regarding adding the line "installonly_limit=0" that is personal choice. As | far as I'm concerned, I like to be in control. It's easy to remove kernels | that you no longer want, but not so easy to re-install earlier kernels. | | This was after all only a suggestion. I was not being critical. I was just wondering why. Thanks for the explanation. It is, of course, your choice. I was just curious. I have seen you here many times and I am sure that you have seen some people here do strange, much stranger, things. Often, ;-) - -- ~ David -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (MingW32) iEYEARECAAYFAkd/5ZkACgkQAO0wNI1X4QEXFQCgreArfDogv+yAAWOCBC56mvkb mp8AniWIImRssHL5QXgclyeSyarWKte2 =pUkf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
