Jesse Keating wrote:
Nowhere in here do I see any argument that states yum should make
assumptions on the user's part about when to remove files not associated
with an existing/enabled repository. Do you actually have a valid
argument for this feature, or are you just making noise?
Do you actually read the messages you're responding to ?
This particular subthread had nothing to say on the subject, just that
if preserving yum "cache" data presents some interest (because of some
particular use cases) /var/cache was a particularly dangerous place to
put it.
I know Seth well enough to stop arguing when he writes no, never.
Since he insists /var/cache/yum/* must be preserved, I was pointing out
/var/spool/yum/ would make his choice more clear and consistent with
general system rules.
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Nicolas Mailhot