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?
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