stop stupidly telling people to do "yum clean all" when it's not necessary

[Aaron Konstam]

On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 01:16 +0930, Tim wrote: 
> Jwalant Natvarlal Soneji:
> >> What could be the issue?
> >> It is on Fedora 10.
> 
> Alan Evans:
> > I presume you can otherwise use the network -- DNS working, etc. So
> > did you try "yum clean all"? I think you can even do it from one of
> > the menus in yumex.
> 
> Why do you suggest "yum clean all"?  Would you also suggest format and
> re-install?  Why do people keep offering STUPID yum clean all advice?
> Do people even know what it does?  Does anyone think before issuing
> advice anymore?
> 
> It's rarely ever necessary.  It wipes out your entire cache of
> downloaded packages, forcing you to get them again if you're part way
> through downloading/updating, wasting your bandwidth, time, and the
> server.
> 
> To clean the data about what's available to yum, simply use "yum clean
> metadata".
> 
> People, stop issuing stupid advice.  Yes, it IS "stupid" advice, it's
> offering things without due thought.  That is what being stupid means.
> 
> 
I think it would be more pleasant to use the word "wrong" instead of
"stupid". Just for better relations between posters.
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