yum package cleanup

[T.C. Hollingsworth]

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Mike Wright <mike.wright at mailinator.com> wrote:
> On 05/09/2012 09:57 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
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>> On 05/09/2012 11:35 AM, Mike Wright wrote:
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>>> Hi all,
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>>> I would like to be able to save the rpm files that yum downloads.
>>>
>>> Thanks to the following nugget from Google...
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>>> "I believe what you are looking for is
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>> /var/cache/yum/<repo>/packages. This directory is expunged during
>> package cleanup."
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>>> ...I now know where they are stored.
>>>
>>> Two part question:
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>>> When is package cleanup performed?
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>>> Is there a way to prevent the expunging?
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>> In /etc/yum.conf, change keepcache=0 to keepcache=1.
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> Thanks Mikkel,
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> Solves question 2.  I just now found that in "man yum.conf".
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> Would you know if there is a way to apply that to specific repos rather than
> all?  Seems like a good candidate to move from yum.conf into the individual
> .repo files.

Sure, just add keepcache=1 to the .repo file instead of yum.conf.

-T.C.