dnf replacement for yum-cron

Matthew Miller mattdm at fedoraproject.org
Mon Jun 16 14:53:19 UTC 2014


On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 09:11:43AM -0500, Jeffrey Ollie wrote:
> > Been using yum-cron for years with good results.
> > If yum is being phased out, I'll want a dnf-cron replacement
> Already exists:
> $ rpm -ql dnf | grep systemd
> /usr/lib/systemd/system/dnf-makecache.service
> /usr/lib/systemd/system/dnf-makecache.timer
> $ cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/dnf-makecache.service
> [Unit]
> Description=dnf makecache

That's not the most descriptiony of all descriptions ever, but if the name
is any indication, it is just a thing which keeps the cache up to date. 

yum-cron can actually apply updates or notify of pending updates (via email
or otherwise).

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Matthew Miller
<mattdm at fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader


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