Delete rpm repackage files
Michael Schwendt
mschwendt.tmp0501.nospam at arcor.de
Mon Jul 25 21:58:26 UTC 2005
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:18:09 -0500, Craig Goodyear wrote:
> Craig Goodyear wrote:
> > I have a large number of files in the /var/spool/repackage directory. I
> > would like to thin out some of the files. Will I cause future problems
> > by using rm? What is the proper way to remove some of the rollback files?
>
> I have been looking on Google and the list archive for several days for
> the answer to this questions. I have also checked all of the
> documentation I could think of.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions of where to look to find more
> information about maintaining rpm's rollback function. I currently have
> several versions of the same packages in /var/spool/repackage.
>
> Will using rm to delete select version cause any problems in the rpm
> database?
No. Just forget about that repackage feature and downgrade manually
if necessary (rpm --oldpackage -Uvh).
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