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.
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01-05-2008, 04:10 PM
Rahul Sundaram
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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.
You should set keepcache=1 in /etc/yum.conf
Rahul
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01-05-2008, 04:35 PM
Nigel Henry
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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).
All the best.
Nigel.
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01-05-2008, 05:26 PM
David Boles
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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?
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01-05-2008, 06:43 PM
Lamar Owen
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On Saturday 05 January 2008, David Boles wrote:
> 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?
If you want to try out alternative kernels (like the kernel-rt from
PlanetCCRMA), it is nice to keep more than two.
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01-05-2008, 07:07 PM
Nigel Henry
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On Saturday 05 January 2008 19:26, David Boles wrote:
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> 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.
Nigel.
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01-05-2008, 07:12 PM
David Boles
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Lamar Owen wrote:
| On Saturday 05 January 2008, David Boles wrote:
|> 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?
|
| If you want to try out alternative kernels (like the kernel-rt from
| PlanetCCRMA), it is nice to keep more than two.
In that case it would make sense.
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01-05-2008, 07:16 PM
David Boles
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Nigel Henry wrote:
| On Saturday 05 January 2008 19:26, David Boles wrote:
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|> 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, ;-)
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01-06-2008, 01:15 PM
Tim
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On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 13:26 -0500, David Boles wrote:
> 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?
You mightn't notice that a kernel has *some* problems for a while, if
you don't use all the features all the time. Later on, when you have
some problem, it can be handy to have more than one alternative to test
with.
Occasionally there'll be a very quick release of a kernel update shortly
after another kernel update. That could end up deleting the only good
kernel.
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01-06-2008, 01:47 PM
David Boles
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Tim wrote:
| On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 13:26 -0500, David Boles wrote:
|> 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?
|
| You mightn't notice that a kernel has *some* problems for a while, if
| you don't use all the features all the time. Later on, when you have
| some problem, it can be handy to have more than one alternative to test
| with.
|
| Occasionally there'll be a very quick release of a kernel update shortly
| after another kernel update. That could end up deleting the only good
| kernel.
I have never had, touch wood, a kernel problem like that. I have no unusual
hardware. All of it is supported natively by Linux. I don't need special
drivers, non OSS software, or third party anything. Fedora, and all of the
other distributions that I have tried, installs with no problems and just
works on first reboot.
I don't own a laptop. I don't want to own a laptop. But if I did I would buy
one with natively supported hardware such as my desktop. One that would not
require that I search for non OSS drivers and such.
My everyday desktop computer is triple boot. It has Win XP PRO, Fedora 8 and
Fedora Rawhide. New kernels show up for Fedora 8 from time to time. New
kernels show up for Rawhide all of the time. The only time I have ever had a
problem with one of them, in Rawhide, is when they try something new to try to
support some off-the-wall hardware and it fails. Or they make a minor
adjustment that fails. And that is normally corrected the next day. Two at the
most.
And since I know how to quickly and easily fix a problem such as this, should
one arise, I feel that the default of two kernels if enough for me.
That is why I asked.
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