yum-software-management yum-software-management-en.xml,1.15,1.16
Stuart Ellis (elliss)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Tue Jul 19 20:48:51 UTC 2005
Author: elliss
Update of /cvs/docs/yum-software-management
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv16849
Modified Files:
yum-software-management-en.xml
Log Message:
- Broke out "Removing Public Keys" to a separate section.
Index: yum-software-management-en.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/yum-software-management/yum-software-management-en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.15
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -r1.15 -r1.16
--- yum-software-management-en.xml 19 Jul 2005 19:42:22 -0000 1.15
+++ yum-software-management-en.xml 19 Jul 2005 20:48:48 -0000 1.16
@@ -1103,8 +1103,8 @@
maintenance. It is useful to disable or remove repository
definitions that are no longer required, as each repository that
is defined and enabled is checked for every operation. You may
- also remove files relating to unwanted packages, in order to
- recover disk space.
+ also clear the files from the <command>yum</command> caches in
+ order to recover disk space.
</para>
<section id="sn-removing-sources">
@@ -1141,19 +1141,28 @@
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
+ <important>
+ <title>Remove Unneeded Public Keys</title>
+
+ <para>
+ If you will not be using any further packages from a provider,
+ remove their public key from the <command>rpm</command>
+ keyring using the procedure described in
+ <xref linkend="sn-removing-publickeys" />.
+ </para>
+ </important>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="sn-removing-publickeys">
+ <title>Removing Public Keys</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>public keys, removing</primary>
</indexterm>
<para>
- In addition, remove the public key for the package provider from
- the <command>rpm</command> keyring, if you will not be using any
- more packages from that source.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- To remove a public key from the keyring you must know the
- identification name used by <command>rpm</command>. Run this
- command to view the details of the public keys on the keyring:
+ To remove a public key from the keyring you first must determine
+ the full name of the key, as it registered in
+ <command>rpm</command>. Run this command to view the details of
+ the public keys on the <command>rpm</command> keyring:
</para>
<screen>
<userinput>rpm -qi gpg-pubkey-*</userinput>
@@ -1213,8 +1222,8 @@
<para>
By design, <command>yum</command> does not automatically delete
any of the packages or package data files that it downloads, so
- that these can be reused. The header files accumulate over time,
- and these may be purged with the command:
+ that they may be reused in future operations. To purge the
+ header files, use the command:
</para>
<screen>
<userinput>su -c 'yum clean headers'</userinput>
@@ -1231,6 +1240,12 @@
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> account when
prompted.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ Package management operations download header files and packages
+ as required, automatically replacing any purged files needed for
+ the operation.
+ </para>
</section>
</section>
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