Bill Davidsen wrote: >>> But it's really simple, just create a directory on a server, >>> mount it rw on /var/cache/yum, and run update on one machine at a time. >>> Any prm used on one machine is there for the others, and you never >>> download a byte of data you don't need on *some* machine, so bandwidth >>> is minimized. >> >> Thanks for the response. >> I'm away from home at the moment, so can't try what you suggest. >> But I don't understand one point: >> Isn't /var/cache/yum/updates/packages/ normally cleared after "yum >> update"? >> > See the original post, which noted that /etc/yum.conf needs keepcache set > to 1. Ok, thanks, I missed that. Must have fallen into the sea somewhere between Ireland and Italy. I suppose you just have to clear the cache every now and then? How do you do that, as a matter of interest? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
